Emily Holling

I’ve won a small amount of money so plug your favourite nature charity and I will donate to the organisation or cause I deem most worthy.

I’m just going to say here that you ought to think globally…but act locally. You will have a local land care group. Or some Marine Conservation mob…or a forest conservation group, a Catchment management lot. Someone there is doing a crapload of hard slog trying to make your corner of the world better. They will be run almost entirely by volunteers. They will have few resources and the injection of a £1,000 into their coffers would make the purchase of an essential piece of software to keep track of projects or the funding of a frog counting study, or the preservation of a few old Oak trees in a city park possible.

In other words it would make a fecking DIFFERENCE to them. And you’d see that. You could work with them on it in fact. Not just write a cheque but actually help ACHIEVE something.

Greenpeace and WWF and all those organisations are great…don’t get me wrong. But "Green" as in Green Politics is drawn from the German word "Grun"…meaning "Grass Roots". Go look in your own little corner of the world. If we all did that it would be a better planet..

So I think charity is more of love towards mankind, while love is applicable to anyone. Charity can be a characteristic (he is charitable). Also, charity is more commonly spoken of with regard to action rather than just emotion.

So, can anyone give me a solid answer or maybe a more in-depth definition of both?

Charity is described perfectly below:

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; eareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.Charity never faileth:
1 Cor 13:4-8

Love is charity, but is simply meant as "care" or "caring for"; it is to care for the other´s welfare before our own; which is exactly what consists of charity. In its truest sense, charity which is love is all what the Lord Jesus Christ consists of, and in plain talk, it is being moved with compassion.

Hey, I’ve got a lot of time on my hands at the moment and really want to put it to better use rather than spending day watching films, facebook, msn etc.
I am wondering what charity I should perhaps look into volunteering for. There are 2 small towns near me with various shops easy to get too or a big variety in the city centre. Is there any charities really crying out for help?
Im also wondering what overseas charity organisations there are that need volunteers?

Thanks

Finding Community Service and Volunteering for Teens
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/teenvolunteers.html

Volunteering Abroad
http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/international.html

How can something be called charity if it is forced. Isnt that theft?

1. Taxes (forced charity).

2. It cannot.

If anybody can start a charity and they dont pay taxes, then anybody can just become rich of that, no? Is there something im not understanding about charities?

A charity can and does make a profit despite what previous answerer says. If they didnt make a profitm, they could not survive from year to year.
The point about charities is that they cannot distibute their profits to shareholders – the profit has to be retained and used towards the objects of the charity. The funds received by the charity can only be used in furtherance of the objects, not for any other reason.
Trustees who are responsible for the management of the charity may not benefit from their position which includes being paid by the charity.
This is why the charity itslef does not pay tax.
A charity may, however, employ workers to carry out its work and these workers are liable to tax under PAYE in the same way as all workers in the UK.

Me and a few friends want to get involved and help out. We lost a friend due to teen drug use. It was very tragic and he will be very missed. I’m very heartbroken, but at the same time want to do something to make sure this doesn’t have to happen to anyone else. My friends and I are offering to do jobs in our area to raise money for a charity that will raise awareness of teen drugs. The problem is, we don’t know any trustworthy charities for this cause. We live in Washington state. Any suggestions?

Check this link
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I really want to find a good charity for my school that will want to get kids involved, but what charity? and what should i do to get them interested?

Check out your local charities. I always suggest a food pantry. Everyone needs to eat. You can do a food drive: Oodles of Noodles pasta drive is a lot of fun and the pantry can always, always use pasta. No one in our communities should be hungry. Hope this helps.

I want to donate money to charity. I’ve made recent donations to UNICEF, Heal Africa and Smile Train. However I have read a recent article saying that there are some lowlifes who make fake charities and send out emails asking for money. I want to know which charities are good and how to tell if a charity is real. Names would be nice.

You have to do a bit of research about the organizations you are considering donating to. First off, I do not respond to e-mails or phone calls from people or groups that I did not initiate the contact with; I flat out refuse to donate to any group that does cold calls. I am also very wary of doing an internet search (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc) in search of a cause or charity because scammers can put up fake websites.

You can use your local Better Business Bureau, State Attorneys General Office, and State consumer protection department to check out charities that operate in your local area. The Guidestar website listed in a previous answer is a good source of information on Charities. I’ve posted other good websites in the Source section.

Another way to check out charities is to become directly involved working with the charity in your local area. This won’t weed out every fraud, but it can give you a good idea about how the money is being used.

Use the websites I’ve linked to for checking out charities that might interest you.

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