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Too Much Cleaning
Don't you hate when you do a lot of fabulous cleaning, but then one more job presents itself? (A glass pan slid off the bottom shelf of the refrigerator when I opened the door and was smashed to pieces. You really can't put off cleaning a thing like that!)
Charity Update
The bad news is I took the lazy way out. For my child abuse donation this year, I picked the place mentioned by the person I linked to who had already done some research. However, for next year I will be talking to my social worker friend. Also I got an invitation in my comments from one of the places I listed to go on a tour and ask questions. Scary. But an interesting offer.
For my poverty donation, I will not be including my friend's Cambodia charity because it is not available on JustGive. They have only charities registered with the IRS, so that's probably the problem. I really, really, want to remain anonymous, plus this year I waited too long to donate in any other way. However, I will check JustGive for them in the future.
In the end, I gave 1/9 of my total donation to each of the following (minus 3% for JustGive):
Conservation
* Nature Conservancy
* Conservation International
* Planned Parenthood (also counts toward poverty below)
Poverty
* ACCION International
* FINCA International
* Engineers without Borders
Pain
* Amnesty International
* Arthritis and Cancer Pain Research Center
* West Valley Child Crisis Center
I should have thought out my percentages better, but the amount I'm giving just isn't that huge. Now I'm wishing I'd spent half on conservation and half on poverty and pain. Oh well, next year.
The good news is I actually made contributions. In time. And I added three new charities this year.
Charity Update
The bad news is I took the lazy way out. For my child abuse donation this year, I picked the place mentioned by the person I linked to who had already done some research. However, for next year I will be talking to my social worker friend. Also I got an invitation in my comments from one of the places I listed to go on a tour and ask questions. Scary. But an interesting offer.
For my poverty donation, I will not be including my friend's Cambodia charity because it is not available on JustGive. They have only charities registered with the IRS, so that's probably the problem. I really, really, want to remain anonymous, plus this year I waited too long to donate in any other way. However, I will check JustGive for them in the future.
In the end, I gave 1/9 of my total donation to each of the following (minus 3% for JustGive):
Conservation
* Nature Conservancy
* Conservation International
* Planned Parenthood (also counts toward poverty below)
Poverty
* ACCION International
* FINCA International
* Engineers without Borders
Pain
* Amnesty International
* Arthritis and Cancer Pain Research Center
* West Valley Child Crisis Center
I should have thought out my percentages better, but the amount I'm giving just isn't that huge. Now I'm wishing I'd spent half on conservation and half on poverty and pain. Oh well, next year.
The good news is I actually made contributions. In time. And I added three new charities this year.