Charities

Just curious, but do you have any charities that you regularly give money to? More than just a few coins in a bucket.

I am thinking about sponsoring a guide dog puppy ($15 a month) and have just written out a cheque for our rescue helicopter. Also recently gave $40 to Make a Wish. I would like to be able to choose a couple and just regularly give to only those ones, as we seem to be getting bombarded with charities wanting my money!

I have been sponsoring a little boy in Honduras each month through Childfund since 2000. Since I started doing that I dont given big sums to any other charity, just odd coin donations.

Hubby actually brought some stuff home about an organization that goes to other places and teach the people to farm ect and to set up schools and as soon as they are self sufficient they use that village to help the nearby villages and then move on to another place.

We have been looking at trying and sponsoring one place. I feel really close to the sitation around kids so will be with something like that. Still finding my feet in this country however.

mum has bought goats etc by sponsor ship via oprahs angel network and gets regular updates etc

I tried to set up a puppy sponsorship last year but the silly old woman running at the time coudlnt get our names right, nor the bank account to pay into and hopefully their latest campaign will get them sponsors cause i think she lost them more than they gained!

I also collect for SPCA via the dog squad...so give of time etc

I believe in giving close to home and am not a fan of giving to african nations where their govt should be supporting them ....I would rather look out for womans refuge in NZ ( we give regular donations to them of clothing etc) and similar organisations for NZers.

I give to charities like, heart ofundations, canteen, guide dog, cancer etc when I ahve the money to but other than that I don't give out anymore than we can afford.

Bombshell wrote: I believe in giving close to home and am not a fan of giving to african nations where their govt should be supporting them ....I would rather look out for womans refuge in NZ ( we give regular donations to them of clothing etc) and similar organisations for NZers.

I so agree with you Bombshell.

I give to Plunket, Cancer Society, Hospice and Salvation Army/Womans refuge.

2 sponsored children through world vision, and we stock up on 'gifts for life' from Tear Fund at Christmas.  Hubby donates a great deal of his time to our church.  And when I've got older children, I plan to donate time to Plunket somehow. 

After visiting Malawi in 1999 I started sponsoring a little girl in Malawi.

I have monthly APs to Red Cross, Greenpeace and WSPA- we have joint ones to SPCA and over here to NSPCC.

We are always giving away clothes to the Red Cross too and I give change to the bucket people whenever I see them.

It does make it hard when you are being constantly bombarded though- I hate the ones that accoust you for your bank account details on the street.

I have toi admit, i don't and wont give to WSPA or Greenpeace as they are so agressive on the streets here. When I was working, and out of my office 2 or three times a day, no exageration, in the 2 or 3 block walk to the bank, post office, morning tea whatever, I would be accosted by at least 2 people on a block, like tag team (I didn't get her, your turn..) I lost the plot at this awful smelly dreadlock greenpeace man and told him to p!ss of and get a proper job and stop harrassing people on the street. That was after the 3rd time he accosted me. And I say accostd, becasue none, yes, none of the people ever approached nicely, its just so aggressive. Now I don't know about you, but I like to be able to go about my daily chores and go to the supermarket without being harrassed for money for saving the whales. Not that I don't care, I do, but... now rambling...