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Attention: charitable causes want your money
« on: Mar 12, 2008, 04:16PM »
I'll be brief, because I don't want to sound like I'm bragging: I keep a pretty pedantic list of all my inflows and outflows of cash, so it's easy for me to keep track of how much I spend on myself.  A guilty conscience led me to think of a good way I can donate to charity and make myself feel better without feeling like I should give more - basically I donate 10% of any amount I spend on entertainment goods/services to charity.  If you can track it, it's a good way to do it, because then you can say you're buying that new plasma TV so you can give 10% of the cost to charity, and not just because you're a capitalist pig!  :D

Anyway, I mostly wanted to draw attention to the fact that there are a huge number of charities out there, to whom a donation of any amount would be welcome.  So I would encourage people to find a charity that resonates with your personal beliefs (i.e. what you consider most important), and just give a little now and then.

One I found just recently (thanks to a BBC World Service Radio program) is something called Gondwanalink - it's basically a concerted effort to obtain, restore and maintain natural bushland in the south of western Australia, such that there's a continuous tract of bushland that stretches for 1000km across the state.  The aim is basically to preserve the extremely biodiverse regions found there.

http://www.youtube.com/v/vnS2QsNjawU&hl=en

A site that has a big searchable list of charities in Australia is ourcommunity.com.au, so have a search and find one you like, donate, and then go sit on the moral highground.

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #1 on: Mar 13, 2008, 01:00AM »
after reading your name i thought you just ment me...

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #2 on: Mar 13, 2008, 10:19AM »
im a student too, but i still manage to chuck some silver toward the guide dogs. anything helps. i choose the guide dogs, cos even though im not blind, i know that it sucks to not be able to see. so anything that helps out is bonza. i also like to try and donate to charities that dont get much air time and arent the most popular ones in society. like that charity thats out to help put mentally/physically disabled people in their own sort of facilities instead of old peoples homes. but yeah. thats about it for me. heh.
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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #3 on: Mar 13, 2008, 01:43PM »
Whenever the Surf Lifesavers are out donating, i give them as much as i can, as they have saved a member of my family from drowning a few years ago, so my whole family basically give back to them what they gave back to us

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #4 on: Mar 13, 2008, 01:47PM »
cos even though im not blind, i know that it sucks to not be able to see. so anything that helps out is bonza.

except on friday & saturday nights.. you're partially blind then  ::)


i donate to a charity that (apparently) works to save the rainforests n tasmania. i figure it'll get me brownie points with bondy  :D

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #5 on: Mar 13, 2008, 06:44PM »
i figure it'll get me brownie points with bondy  :D
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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #6 on: Mar 13, 2008, 07:33PM »
I donated $2 to the Fremantle Volunteer Sea Rescue Group a few weeks ago...


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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #7 on: Mar 13, 2008, 07:50PM »
A very socially responsible thread  ;)

My brother was born with heart disease and Heartkids SA was a huge help so we pretty much collect all the cans (cos we are in SA) and all the proceeds from the cans go towards this charity.

Another charity that I'd like to donate to is the MS one. My uncle has it and when its close to home I guess it means more.

As always remember that it has the added benefit of being tax deductable if it is over $2, extra motivation

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #8 on: Mar 13, 2008, 07:53PM »
We sell Boystown lottery tickets?

I know we donate to Guide Dogs, and two other charitys, and always buy raffle tickets, and always donate in the tins that people hold outside shopping centres.... ALWAYS!
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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #9 on: Mar 13, 2008, 10:53PM »
Don't forget that there are charities out there who get approximately 0% publicity, too - I donated to one called Books in Homes Australia - basically they try to get new books to kids in areas where access to them is limited (mostly Indigenous populations, but not all).  It seemed like a great idea to me - I know I would have loved shiny new books as a kid.

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #10 on: Mar 15, 2008, 06:27PM »
I'm a charity, please donate to me.  :D

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #11 on: Mar 15, 2008, 08:39PM »
I'm a charity, please donate to me.  :D

Tax deductible?
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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #12 on: Mar 15, 2008, 09:00PM »
Depends on how good your accountant is  :P

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Re: Attention: charitable causes want your money
« Reply #13 on: Mar 16, 2008, 12:05AM »
Depends on how dodgy your accountant is  :P

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