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[Nimros]

Do you have a favorite charity that you support? Which one and why? Do you volunteer time, money or both?

[Griffin]

Right now I focus on local charities. Food banks and homeless shelters. Basically I like to know the money/items are actually being used, and used right away to help out local families in need.

[Teresa]

When we're able to give, we give to a local women's shelter called Sheltering Wings.
We also give to our local food pantry, and occasionally to "Shop With a Cop" - which provides school clothes and winter coats, etc. to children.
One of the new charities we've found and are interested in helping out is called Teacher's Treasures. It collects and organizes school supplies, and allows teachers to come in and get what they need for their class/students. So many teachers spend their own money buying supplies for their classrooms and students, this is a good way to help them.

[janicelovesmickey]

the skylar Neil foundation,
I have volunteered my time and money it for childrens cancer research.

[Disney_Scarlett]

I give the most time year-round to the Boys & Girls Club (serve on the board for the local chapter that is just getting underway), and our local food pantry (our church is responsible for an item every month [peanut butter, pasta, bread, etc.] and I help to gather it together and take it over). I'm also in a couple of civic orginazations who choose various charities to assist, but it's usually different each year. At Christmas, I volunteer with Operation Christmas Child through my church and the Salvation Army for the Angel-Tree kids.

I have money deducted from my paycheck each month for the Council on the Aging in my county and the local no-kill animal shelter, but I don't really donate much time to these orgnizations.

[lazanya]

Yes, a local charity here, Together we cope. We send in monetary donations monthly and of course help with the food bank. Sometimes we even adopt a family for the holidays too.

[chezp]

Guide Dogs for the Blind - I'm just in awe of the work they do with the dogs and the huge difference it makes to people's lives. I always give money whenever I see them collecting.

[minemoz1]

I donate money to Give Kids the World, an organization that provides Orlando accommodations to critically ill children for WDW/Orlando vacations. When I take my next week long Disney trip, I want to donate a day of my vacation there.

I also donate to the local animal shelter and will be starting to volunteer at the food pantry this fall.

[Danielle Harmon]

I donate to various charity shops here in the UK. When I get back to the states I will find local charities to support as well.

[wendybell]

The ASPCA is a favorite organization of ours....any group that will stand up for animals has a place in my heart. My husband also gives a monthly donation to the Jusdon Center which helps individuals and families in need with everything from special needs children to adoption to foster families....

[KathyL]

I volunteer at a local cat rescue facility in our area. I also donate money and participate in walks for breast cancer.

[Cam22]

We help out with several local charities, giving money, stuff, and time (whatever is needed).

[4Disney2]

The red with the woman with heart disease, this kills more woman than anything, I contribute toward this one. Go RED

[Disneydiana]

Throughout the year we donate items to Amvets and Purple Heart Veterans.

[dejavu]

We donate to several but our time, energy, and resources primarily go to the Les Turner ALS Foundation which supports ALS patients, research and raising awareness of that horribly devastating disease. My sister, Aimee, was diagnosed 5 years ago at the age of 35. She turned 40 on Saturday against all odds. 80 % of ALS patients die within 5 years of diagnosis.



She has a terrific website if you'd like to learn what it's like to live with ALS (or don't really know what it is). askaboutaimee.com