Charitable Organizations

I was thinking about money today...you know...green paper that has been redesigned to look like monopoly money...

Well, we all need it, most of us want it, some of us love it, a few worship it, and I can't figure out what to do now that I need it. I am getting ready to attend graduate school, and my loans will not be distributed until after the first day of classes, which means I can't pay my bills for the month of September until the loan checks come in the mail. Now, my biggest worry should probably be my family, and how we are going make this work, but since I have wonderful parents and siblings...I basically don't need to worry. So instead, my mind is obviously thinking differently about the situation...I am actually more concerned that I am not able to contribute to people in more need than myself (at least in a monetary fashion).

Before I lay out the rest of my thought, I want to state a brief disclaimer. I am sure there are enough people giving in mass quantities that it easily makes up for the idea I am going to explain, but let's just say, for the sake of argument, that in those cases (which I will explain soon) these people continue to give the same amount...we are adding those that aren't giving as much or at all into the mix of those that are giving more, above and beyond.

Anyway, my thought or idea is this...What would it look like if each citizen in a city the size of



Amherts, MA, was to donate $1 a day to a different charitable organizations for 365 days each year. As of 2000, that would be 34,874 people donating $365 each year and at least 365 different charities would receive a dollar (obviously more than 365 since we all believe in the work of different charities). We are looking at $12,729,010.00

That is just for one little hick town in Massachusetts. If we all gave $365 (a car payment, a few trips to the hair salon, a membership to the local gym, cable tv and internet, dinner out every week), then we could give so much more than the nearly 13 Million dollars. In fact, that is less than the normal 10% of our annual income that Christians (I chose this link because it is public and relatively factual rather than biased with emotional beliefs) and other religions believe is due to God or God. Like I said in my disclaimer, I know a lot of people are giving far more than this, but what if those people continued to give as they are, and then on top of that, everybody gave a mere $365 dollars. We could see some really wonderful things happen in our world. (I know there will always be those people that catch on to a good thing and try to scam us and ruin the amazing work, but that is just a chance we must take, and a problem that can be avoided if people do their research on the organization they are donating to).

I hope the few people that read my blog from time to time will really take this idea to heart in whatever small way you can. This is my challenge to you...what can you give from the abundance of God's gifts, or if you don't believe in God...what can you give from the abundance of your hard earned cash...???