do you help charities?

kelseyjsnyder
kelseyjsnyder Posts: 219 Member
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Hey curious what charities you support! I support Special Olympics and March of Dimes. I am currently raising money for special olympics. Im going to do the polar plunge in Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri on February 22! THATS GONNA SUCK but its for a GREAT cause! One of the ways I am going to push my fitness is by doing C25K and when I "graduate" the program I am going to do a March of Dimes 5K in memory of my Neice Maddy who was born on Valentines day last year and lived 11 days. My nephew is my inspirtation for Special Olympics. He has Cerebral Palsy.

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  • victal
    victal Posts: 1,375 Member
    I do 10k runs for various charities:- Epilepsy UK, AGE UK, Alzheimers Society. I also give monthly to RSPCA. I feel everybody needs to do their bit for charity :heart: :love: :smile:
  • kelseyjsnyder
    kelseyjsnyder Posts: 219 Member
    I do 10k runs for various charities:- Epilepsy UK, AGE UK, Alzheimers Society. I also give monthly to RSPCA. I feel everybody needs to do their bit for charity :heart: :love: :smile:
    Thats awesome! keep up the awesome charity work
  • DJMIKEY1
    DJMIKEY1 Posts: 523 Member
    I do Breast Cancer walks, I DJ a Toys for Tots car show every year and I donate blood.
  • Nyksta
    Nyksta Posts: 241 Member
    For the past 5 -6 years I've taken part in the Marie Curie Cancer Care Swimathon (individual 5K). Last year I got the kids from my school involved and we entered 10 teams of 5 swimming team 1.5K and raised almost £10000. We'll be doing this again this year I hope.

    In addition, now I am regularly running 5-10K I am thinking of entering a 10K race for Alzheimers Society (I've completed the Memory Walk in the past in memory of my MIL who passed away due to illness brought on by Alzhiemers). There is the BUPA 10000 in May I think (in London) - I need to look into it a bit more :)

    Nyk
  • Ohio4Me
    Ohio4Me Posts: 22 Member
    Last year I supported my sister in Susan G Komen 3day/60 mile walk and the ACS Relay for Life walk. This year, as a breast cancer survivor, my goal is to walk WITH her in the Relay for Life walk.
  • jodi41086
    jodi41086 Posts: 240
    I donate 25% of my proceeds from my etsy painting page to my local animal shelter! (https://www.etsy.com/shop/JodisPaintShop)
  • jodi41086
    jodi41086 Posts: 240
    Last year I supported my sister in Susan G Komen 3day/60 mile walk and the ACS Relay for Life walk. This year, as a breast cancer survivor, my goal is to walk WITH her in the Relay for Life walk.

    I did this one 2 years ago!!
  • LINIA
    LINIA Posts: 1,159 Member
    Yes --- always, Red Cross via my cellphone, supermarket checkout, Salvation Army, GoodWill and others as well.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I work for a real estate board. We are the main sponsor of homeward bound, which is a non-profit that benefits several local agencies that help the homeless (Salvation army, urban ministries, habitat).. We participate and organzie the Realtor team for their 5k each year and host a golf outing annually. Last year was our best, we wrote our donation check for over $10k from those two activities.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I'm a certified coach for special olympics, I donate to the United Way, volunteer my time with the health ministry at church, and donate blood at every blood drive at work.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Farm Sanctuaries and Abused Women's Shelters

    when I have money/things that I can afford to give...which is very rare
  • katyejean
    katyejean Posts: 233 Member
    I'm going to do all kinds of walks for charities this year. Here, we have leukemia walks, Alzheimer walks, cancer walks, I believe there is a march of dimes, and I know we have a special Olympics something, but I just donated money to a friends dad who was doing something last year for it. And I think there's also an animal rescue walk where you can take your dog(s). I just don't know when.
  • WeepingAngel81
    WeepingAngel81 Posts: 2,232 Member
    I do 5K charity runs, but for the most part, if and when I have money or items someone could use, I give it directly to that person. I have been in positions where you have to jump through hoops to get help and it's overwhelming enough when you're already stressed out. I am part of a random acts of kindness group, and each month we donate what we can and nominate someone who needs help. All money we raise goes directly to the person.
  • grillnchill
    grillnchill Posts: 772 Member
    American Cancer Society, United Way, March of Dimes, Habitat for Humanity.
  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    I work for a charity.

    I also donate to other charities

    At Christmas I bought most of my gifts from charity christmas catalogues / online shops

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