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Originally Posted by Kavvy
It's extremely heart warming to see so many people in this community donate to a cause, even if they got scammed.
Personally, I donate to charities I identify each year in December as a % of that years income, not online people I don't know. I hope these charities around the world help these people that need help.
However, that doesn't mean it wasn't the right thing for people on CP to take a leap of faith. I do find it heart warming that so many people were willing to help. I have had a very lucky life, so maybe I just struggle to relate to a individual online going through a tough time pleading for help.
I picked the food-bank this year as I read a article about a man who said he never had been to the food-bank, and was too proud to go before, but pride won't feed his family now. I couldn't imagine being that person and it touched me. I think it was from a different city's foodbank, but it still applied to Calgary I figured.
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I convinced the company I worked for to make a donation to the food bank, talking to them they were overwhelmed. Also the lady there told me that for every dollar they received they can get $5.00 worth of food.
I convinced my bosses that our clients could live without Christmas Cards and chocolates and other stuff this year and we donated $1250. I felt pretty good about that and did a personal donation.
At least in this case I know I'm helping people in need, and not a dirtbag taking advantage of a sob story.