i have $100 for charity, what should i do with it?

Question

my paretns gave me $100 for christmas to do something for charity, but Im not sure what to do. Im only 15, so I cant do much

Answer 1

Hello Andrew
Let's make that "I'm 15 so I can do a lot" At 15 you probably have things you care about (animals maybe, helping hurt kids, sick kids, old people, having a nice house to live in, books, computers, movies) What matters to you? At 15 you can start to be involved in helping in ways that can continue all your life. My personal suggestion would be that if there is not one specific thing you care passionately about yet you divide your charity money in 3 or 4 parts. Give one part to your church or a friend or relative's church that has a program that is making a difference for people in need, maybe a food pantry for hungry ppl, or a day care center for kids, or a place where older folks can gather. Give 1 part to help kids at a homeless shelter. You could just give the money but how about buying socks, or books, or stuffed animals, or something for sports, and taking it there yourself and seeing how the kids live and what they need. Take one part and give it to a local or national or international organization that is helping with disasters, and the last part use to adopt a child through world vision or save the children or some such group. Or you might do part to something very local part to something national or in another part of the country and part to something overseas.

One very good way to decide what to do would be to go visit some of the places like a shelter, a food pantry, a program for disabled kids, a senior center and see what they do and how they do it. Maybe you could tutor a child in a shelter or give computer lessons. Maybe you could help an older person organize a memory scrap book for grandchildren who live far away and use some of the money to buy scrap book supplies. You might stock shelves in a food pantry or help carry food packages out to the car for people who have trouble lifting them. You couild visit a no kill shelter in your area and help walk the dogs or help make posters and ads to find homes for some of them. The idea is to get personally involved for at least a little bit and make sure the place is doing good work and see how and if it captures your heart. You can see the difference your help will make with your own eyes that way.

Going beyond the $100 why not get involved in helping at least a little every week or every month out of whatever allowance or earnings you have. It is amazing how much even $1 can do. Take a look at The Great $1 Challenge http://caringhandsmin.tripod.com/id14.html. to get some good ideas.

One specific organizatioon you could help where $100 will make a lot of difference for teens your own age is L.A.M.P. which helps kids who are homeless or at risk of being in trouble or who think no one cares. It helps both guys and girls. If you are interested you can read about it at http://lampga.tripod.com

Answer 2

You can do a lot with 100 bucks.

You could give the money to your parents and have them write a check to the red cross. Sending cash through the mail isn't safe! But I think you should do something to make someones day..

Or you could go to Target (NOT WAL-MART) and buy things and donate them to a homeless organization or a local charity.

You could go buy a cute pair of little girl shoes and go out in the streets of down town and hand them to a poor little girl... or a woman or anyone else for that matter.

Be creative and make someones day.. That's what I try to do.

Answer 3

First you can do a LOT at the age of 15. There are programs such as Youth Venture that help teens accomplish big things.

http://www.youthventure.org/

What you're seeking are sources for ideas I gather. If you read your newspaper this week, you should read about a real and recognizable problem in your community.

The article should give you a name and organization. Here's the easy part. Look for that organization's phone number at http://www.swichboard.com and call asking for that person.

Often that person in the article is the one with an ability and knowledge to put the money to good use. They won't leave you disappointed, and they will show their appreciation in return.

Answer 4

Examine what has affected you, your friends, your family, or your community and let that help make your decision. When my sister suffered through gestational diabetes I did a walk-athon for a diabetes charity. It made me feel great. Or find a group or charity that's building something you feel strongly about. A new park, a hospital, a scholarship, etc. If you still can't think of anything go to your church and see if they have suggestions.

Make the gift personal and you'll never feel bad about giving of your time or money.

Answer 5

Like your parents said..give it to charity.

You parents is encouraging you from young to be a person that is kind-hearted and to build generosity.

Picture that you are a needy pupil in a home and that the 100 dollars could do so much more help in your present situation isn't it?

You don't have to give all to charity. it depends on how much you think is appropriate to give according to your needs and thoughts.

Still , its the thought that counts. Listen to your parents and be a great help to the needy.

Visit my blog at http://myempoweringchime.com , hope to see you in there..till then.

Answer 6

Donate it to your local Ronald McDonald house or to a hospital for ill children.
Heifer Project will let you buy livestock through them for a poor family and $100 will buy alot.

Think of something you feel strongly about and donate it to a local charity that has to do with that.

Answer 7

Do you want to help children, cure a disease or hunger, Habitat for humanity, local food pantry, like animals.. then the humane society. Your $100 can do a lot. If everyone did that the world would be a better place. Bless you.

Answer 8

whether they wanted to they might't. they might desire to apply a number of that money to pay for the delivery of foodstuff for the folk they're helping. For drugs, for the commercial of the organization as a manner to boost extra money, for the workplace work, electrical energy, telephones, etc needed as a manner to run the organization. If there grew to become right into a charity that used a hundred% for the charitable centers, it does no longer exist for terribly long because it does no longer have any money left to run itself, and can might desire to give up to exist. regrettably that's the way it must be. on the remarkable element, quite some charity agencies attempt to apply as little of each thing so that they might donate as lots of the greenback to the folk in desire. I used to artwork for PLAN, the place we donated ninety% of the greenback to the guy in desire, as antagonistic to the extra primary organization international resourceful and prescient which in straight forward terms donates between 60%-70% of the greenback to the needy - making use of something to pay for that's workers, commercial, etc.

Answer 9

Give it to me!!!

Seriously, I would give it to a local disabled childrens school. $100 can go a long way. Perhaps for an Easter Egg hunt...the kids get so much fun out of this.

Answer 10

give it to one you think who needs it the most because if you don't they are the ones miss out on everything that the others get funds and some who don't