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Help Choosing a School Project
Hi thanks for reading (:
I have to do a project for school where I get to pick whatever I want. But it has to be something i can physically do. Anyway I want to fundraise for a charity. But I really dont know what charity to do it for. There are SO many problems in the world right now; poverty, abuse- to both humans and animals-, racism, starvation, dieases- cancer, alzhemiers-,etc.
How can I pick one when there is so many? I feel guilty picking one over another even though I cant help them all.
Thanks (:
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You are very correct in what you say; that there are a lot of people and organizations that could use your help.
There is an old saying that "Charity Begins at Home." Now this can be interpreted many ways. One way I believe to interpret this is to chose a charity that some how the cause of which may have some impact on you, your family or your community.
If I were to be looking to chose a Charity the ones that I would look to chose from would be. "Susan B Kolman for the Cure;"as my wife is a recent Breast Cancer survivor. The Fallen Fire Fighters Foundation as both my son and I are Fire Fighters. The autism foundation as I know several people who's children suffer from Autism.
I could go on though I think you see the point I am making. These are the Charities that impact my life. You say the project has to be something you can do physically. To me this would be things like helping out at a food kitchen or food pantry, organize a food drive at school or in your neighbor hood. Some other things that may qualify could be reading to the elderly at a nursing home or senior citizens center.
Staying with something that is close to home, something that may have had a profound influence on your life I believe will give you the best chance of success with this project.
Good luck.
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Hi there!
First off, it's quite noble of you to want to help people in need so kudos to you :). True, there are a lot of people in the world that do need help and it's a shame that we as individuals can't do more to help EVERYONE. However, you have to remember that there are people out there who do feel the same way that you do. Which is why you see people helping out/volunteering for various charitable causes. :)
So how do you pick a charity? Well there are lots of ways for you to decide. Maybe choose a charity "closer to home". For example, if you have family or friends who suffer from cancer, maybe you choose to help out a charity dedicated to cancer patients. Or maybe you have relatives in a third-world country suffering from hunger. In that case, you can choose to help a charity related to feeding starving people.
In any case, I think the only reason you're having trouble deciding which charity to choose is mainly because of your guilt. In all honesty, you have no reason to feel guilty when picking one over the other. Why? Because for one thing you have to remember that helping a single charity is a lot better than helping none. Also, just because you choose to help one charity for the sake of your project doesn't mean that you have to stop there. If you really want to help others, you can easily help other charities after you're done with your project. :)
You should be proud of the fact that you have this desire to help people. Maybe you could even encourage your friends and family to participate as well. Ultimately, as individuals we can only do so much, but what's important is the attempt we make to help one another. Do your best to help whoever you can and you should have no need to feel guilty whatsoever.
I wish you all the best in your endeavours. :)
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