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> a lot more people by using your wealth than you can by volunteering your labor My wife volunteers a hour a week at a local school (about 3 miles away) the sc
by gscott 19y ago
> a lot more people by using your wealth than you can by volunteering your labor
My wife volunteers a hour a week at a local school (about 3 miles away) the school has really low state test scores (about 65% lower then our own kid's school state test scores). By volunteering her time she shows something that is worth more then money could ever, that people care.
Some money is often needed but you really cannot replace volunteering your own time. You can volunteer your time at what you are good at, not the soup kitchen but some other capacity.
With OfficeZilla.com I am able to support charities like MercyShips.com which has 20 gigabytes of files uploaded to the system. Granted they use the materials to seek donations, but if they didn't have 300 volunteers on the ship they would have seek even more donations then they have to do now. So much more in donations they might not be able to continue on.
- curi 19y agoHow does giving money to support a cause fail to demonstrate that you care about that cause? Even a caring letter of support, would demonstrate caring, but giving money seems to go beyond that in proving you mean it.
- gscott 19y agoGiving money only and not considering volunteering is an issue. Money is great but volunteers make things happen. Sometimes lifes situation doesn't allow a person to volunteer at this time, which happens and is fine but to consider money as better then volunteering I believe is in error. When I was in my early 20's I too thought I should become rich and be able to donate in a big way, maybe enjoy some dinners in my honor for donating so much. Then after working 14+ hour days 6 days a week I found out that working so much was not making me rich and I had done nothing to improve anything not even myself.
- marvin 19y agoI fail to see how volunteering for eight hours helps a charity out better than working for eight hours at what I'm good at and giving away the proceeds. If the charity wants, it can make _any_ guy "volunteer" with the money I gave.
- gscott 19y agoIf your donating that much, great. It is still good to set aside 1 hour a week to donate your time. Try it just once.