I want to know what you would do to make the world a better place if you only could use $25. While I'm sure most answers will show promise, I really want to read innovative and novel ideas.
2007-03-07 11:57:36 · 30 answers · asked by wcsdep2313 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Convert all of it into pennies. Then drop them on the ground. Then pick the ones that land on tails and give them to people. (giving away a penny you find tails up on the ground is supposed to bring good luck to the recipient of the penny.) then I would throw the ones that had landed heads up again, and repeat the process until all the pennies were gone, and 2500 people had been given a little bit of good luck.
Long Live Jambi
2007-03-07 12:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hum! good question! 25 dollars will feed 5 children if you believe the organizations like unicef! i would find a man on the streets, or woman, that is homeless, and needs hope, and buy them a good dinner, hygiene kit, and some new shoes! and some encouragement! if the man is a wino, i wouild buy him a trip to local detox center to quit drinking! these types of gestures are done by good people on the streets every day, but never get recognized! i say that, because a man did that for me! once! you know what? now i am sober 6 yearts, go to college, and do volunteer work in communtiy! all with ablut just wht you said: $25 DOLLARS! and now i am a miracle! you can do the same!
2007-03-07 20:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question for making ppl think :)
Since I volunteer with ministry in the southern tip of Appalachia- http://caringhandsmin.tripod,c... -that helps ppl in need (elderly, ppl who need food, homeless families, and similar needs) I would use it for this or a similar ministry. One thing many ppl do not realize is that through organizations like area food banks ministries like ours can buy as much as $300+ worth of food for $25 because much is donated by food producers and the cost to the ministries is mainly a shared transportation cost for getting the food to the food bank. Our last invoice was $22.85 for over 400 of food had it been at retail value. Another organization that regularly gets my help is L.A.M.P-. http://.lampga.tripod.com -that reaches teens and preteens that are runaways, throwaways, in gangs and in danger of gangs, homeless kids, and makes a huge difference not just for the individual kids but by helping them go from hopeless to helpers for the whole community.
You know each of us probably does have $25 so this is a very practical question. Don't have $25? How about taking part in the Great $1 Challenge. http://caringhandsmin.tripod.com/id14.ht... if not for CH for another group you care about Source(s)
2007-03-09 03:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by A F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking... start an offering chain. Get a 5 gallon water thing...and go to a church or something where the people like to give. Soon enough...you get a lot of money. I would do that again and again and send it to the millions of people who need it. Day by day... I would make progress. All you need is the dedication and time...which i don't have at the moment. I will one day.
2007-03-07 20:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by Bri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buy 25 items on the dollar menu at McDonalds and feed some hungry homeless people or maybe just feed hungry people.
2007-03-07 20:35:33 · answer #5 · answered by jacquie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why don'y you go to a dollar store and buy a lot of the mylar helium balloons and take them up to the pediatric ward of your local hospital. The smile from the children will certainly make your world a better place, and maybe they will remember this act of kindness and pass it along, as I am doing right now!
2007-03-07 20:02:51 · answer #6 · answered by ttpawpaw 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
give $1 to 25 people that are asking for money in the street.
2007-03-07 20:01:16 · answer #7 · answered by TATAAAAAH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick a good cause and then put it up for matching donations. Here's my $25 who wants to match it? I prefer educational causes so I would probably promote donations for something like new musical instruments so students who can't afford to buy one can still join band.
2007-03-07 20:17:44 · answer #8 · answered by angry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
West gate church in west palm beach lets the homeless sleep in the church. I would donate blankets and pillows that I bought with $25 from yard and rummage sales
Or
donate it to feed the hungry at one of my local soup kitchens
or
donate to the animal shelter.
2007-03-07 20:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd split them into 5 5 dollar bills. 1 goes to charity, 1 goes to finding lost people, 1 goes to children who have mental problems, 1 goes to the orphanage, and 1 goes to the hospital.
2007-03-07 20:01:51 · answer #10 · answered by Patricia L 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋