Archive for the ‘Charitable Giving’ Category
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
In the town where I grew up, the fire department had to respond to calls. The reason I remember this is because our middle school had a fire drill and the fire department showed up. It turned out that someone forgot to call them with the drill schedule, and even ...
Posted in Charitable Giving, Insurance, Taxes | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
This Huffington Post article puts a big spotlight on all of the money that credit card companies and banks are making by being the broker of donations to charities that support rescue and aid over in Haiti:
About 97 percent of these donations will actually make it to the designated organizations ...
Posted in Banking, Charitable Giving, Commentary, Credit | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
A few weeks ago I met "J" of BudgetsAreSexy.com, and Nicole of Breaking Even Communications, up in DC. It was a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and in the process I really got a feel for what generous hearts they both have.
Subsequently J gave me a sneak peek ...
Posted in Charitable Giving, Personal Finance | 2 Comments »
Friday, April 24th, 2009
I had served dinner at a homeless shelter once. It was a few years ago.
Tuesday afternoon I was talking with a friend about the economy, the bailouts, etc. We differ in opinion on how things should be handled -- he's anti-business and I'm free market -- but I let it ...
Posted in Charitable Giving | 16 Comments »
