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[charvale]

O/T but @cherry I enjoy your threads.

Glad you're here. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@Noel7 wrote:

I see this time of year as seasonal so we go with the groups that serve hot meals. 

I've written recently about Glide Memorial Church which serves three hot meals a day to anyone who is hungry.

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I love your posts, @Noel7, because they always remind me of home.

[NicksmomESQ]

   Our favorite charities to give to is our local food bank & Disabled American Veterans!! We donate generously all year with a particular emphasis on the Holidays!! It truly is better to give than to receive!!

[henderson]

Please go to charitynavigator.org for info on charities and what percentages go to admin costs, salaries, etc.  We sponsor a child in Mexico through Compassion International and have been doing this for about 30 years (not the same child). 

[SXMGirl]

Except for donating wreaths to our veterans' cemetary, all of my donations go to animal rescues, especially our local humane associations.  Our Darcy came from Delaware Humane, so I always give to them.  However, we have several animal rescues (one is for seniors only) in our area and I make sure that they have a donation from us and not just during the holidays.  These donations are my Christmas gift to myself.

[ChynnaBlue]

I support the same charities year-round. I don't have a favorite, but I will mention one that I don't think gets enough attention, the Equal Justice Initiative, founded by Bryan Stevenson. They have a perfect score of 100 on Charity Navigator and work to free wrongfully convicted people from death row or life in prison.

[Libbylady]

I've been a doner to Planned Parenthood for 40+ years, besides being a volunteer.  My Christmas donation will allow a mom to spend her money on gifts for her family, instead of her monthly birth control.  Our PP provides free December BC for many women who must normally pay something.

I also give to our Humane Society for cat needs, and bring cat food and little blanket mats I make from fleece I find on sale during the year.

[chihuahuamom]

Lottie Moon Christmas offering.  We Baptists give to this during the Christmas season to support our missionaries both here and overseas. 

[PamelaSue72]

We give to a local no-kill animal shelter. I will use coupons to buy dried cat food and canned cat food, cat litters, etc. I always take in blankets and towels, toys for the furkids. Whatever I can put together. And then add a check. I don't do this just at Christmas, though, but try to help several times a year.

I prefer donating for animals. When I retire, I'd like to volunteer time there as well. Too many animals just need a lap. We already have five cats and a beagle, so we can't take in any more right now. But I could volunteer my lap.

[beckyb1012]

I send a monthly check all year long to our local Salvation Army and to our Food Bank since children are hungry at other times besides Christmas.   During the holidays I take several grocery bags for our neighborhood food drive that is done for the local food bank as an extra gift.

I love that people give during the holidays but I wish they would also give any day, any month, all year long.