If you had to give money to a charity/good cause...
 

What would it be and why?

Humane Soceity

i love animals

Food Not Bombs

www.foodnotbombs.net

Doctors Without Borders
Because not all countries have health care available for all...
Oh... wait.... :Oh crap

keep 'em coming... would also be great if you could include links

any cure for cancer charity

Me too. I'd give it to an animal shleter or humane society.

It's no ones fault but humans, that animals are in there (%99 of the time)

for war torn children or anything for children. I think they need it the most.

Bump for Médecins Sans Frontières. I know a couple guys who've gone that route and they really represent the finest qualities in a doctor and a human citizen of earth. Hippocrates would be proud of these guys! :thumbsup

Food in Africa

I don't have to give anything to any charity. I just do, cuz I enjoy it.

Mostly local homeless shelters an org. that help with domestic abuse cases.

Scottish Rite Children's Burn Center
http://www.shrinershq.org/hospitals/burninst/index.html

Nothing is worse than a burned child.

It's almost totally funded by the Shriners. So when you see the guys in the road with funny hats.... throw them some money.


If you want to donate money, I always use www.give.org to do some research first. It list how much money actually goes to the charity.

humane society for me too.. i've always supported that charity.

The help feed krazyone campaign...... because I would still come out a winner!!!

Communitycolo.net
 

Also known as Online Policy Group. Free (as in speech and price) colocation and ISP. They're all non profit so donations are even tax deductible. They're the ones who sued over the Diebold voting machine scandal. They won too. They're a pretty great group - http://www.communitycolo.net

people who i know it will make a difference in their lives

Charities dedicated to helping poor African communities.
They are teh ones that badly need our help.

Charity societies sucks. I don´t believe my money would get to the people that really need it.
I send money when there is flooding, earthquakes etc., evenghought I don´t believe they get there.

i would donate my money to poor people of africa.

Animal shelters.
Because unlike people, they can't do shit to help themselves...and there are tons of irresponsible dumbasses(people) out there that throw out pets for whatever reasons.

cure for breast cancer benefits which i am doing a 5k walk for this october. i'm more of an ass and legs guy but they dont have any cure for ass cancer walks i know of or i would donate towards those instead, seriously.

I donate to St. Jude's Research Hospital. They do so much great work, and the family doesn't have the burden of having to pay for treatment and housing while their child is there.

Shriners
 

I give annually to the Shriners. My dad is a Shriner and I have personally seen the work they do. It is all for the kids and they do not charge a penny to the patients or their families.

From their website http://www.shrinershq.org/hospitals/factsfigs.html : Shriners Hospitals? total budget for 2005 is $625 million, of which $580 million is targeted for operating expenses (including $28 million for research) and 45 million for buildings and equipment expenditures. During the 83-year history of Shriners Hospitals, approximately $7 billion has been spent to operate Shriners Hospitals, and over $1.7 billion has been spent on construction and renovation.

orphanage- for the kids

I'd donate to "kill a beaver"
(i love trees ;) )

Wish foundation..Those poor kids deserve it

i would give it to my local martial arts program for the youth. Martial arts youth programs really help these kids that have horrible parents and teach them discipline and how to really win in life :thumbsup

I would buy a piece of rainforest..

I have always given to the Pediatric Aids Foundation. The kids never had a chance. It's a great charity.

VFW (Vetrans of Foreign Wars)

I always give when I see them around annually. There are a number of reasons. A lot of my great uncles, and family served in WWII, and a various other wars. These guys fought so I did not have to (methaphorically speaking).

They have more than EARNED any donation, and normally I will give them everyhing I have on me.

I remember one year, I dropped $200 on the guy, and he kept trying to give it back. I shook his hand, thanked him for his service, and just said, "You fought the war(s), so I didn't have to and I a sizable donation's the LEAST I can do".

:pimp

I donate to:

St. Judes
Arthitis Foundation
Local Pug Rescue
Compassionate Friends
Boys Town
Food/books to some military charities that get them to the overseas troops

And a few other local charities. And I'll always chunk a few 20's in the fireman's boots and for the Shriners :)

http://www.give.org is a good site to check and see how much goes to the charitity, how much for admin costs, etc.

environment.....cuz soon we'll all lose our big blue home! :helpme

I can personally vouch for the shriners, when I was a kid (8) I was in a car accident that left me paralyzed from the waist down. After being in the hospital for a year, my parents were pretty much broke and the shriners paid for me to go to their hospital and fit me with braces (which was important to me at the time) so I could walk. They asked and got absolutely nothing in return, and all this was totally unsolicited from my family. A friend of the family was a shriner and he put it all together and kind of surprised us with it. Really a great organization and they deserve every penny you ever send them! I'd also like to put in a plug for the National Wheelchair Basketball Association NWBA over the years I've seen many lives ruined by accidents and other things and I've seen hundreds of people who thought their lives were over start participating in sports again and make a 100% attitude change. As a youngster it's what I focused and excelled in and it made such a difference in my rehabilitation I couldn't begin to explain.

A large chunck of this money comes from the Shriner's Circus. They have them all over the country.

So take the family and spend some money. It's a great way to have fun while giving.

I wouldn't give anything to anyone, but set something up myself. Proberly something in Thailand.

Finally someone who sees it my way. :thumbsup :)

All Childrens hospital- in Tampa/St Pete. GREAT hospital and they do some of the most noble work. I am not a fan of doctors, but this group is different.

Animal charities.

I care more about animals than people...