Comments on: Help Your Children Give To Others (Plus Readers Share Favorite Charities)

By: terrimerritts

terrimerritts — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 04:19:00 +0000

I have done for mine what was done for me. We go out and prepare food for the homeless, collect items the homeless need and personally deliver it, have taken in various homeless people (including domestic violence victim, depressed Vietnam vet, elderly women, etc), visit and carry collected items to the women and kids at the domestic violence shelter, rescue animals (dogs, cats, birds, bunnies, horses and farm animals), visit AIDS victims (and carry them to the doctor), take dogs to the nursing home to visit lonely people, work with at risk kids and more. It isn’t for just sending money to other countries or groups (though we do fund-raise) but personal, daily one-on-one with those in need. Just look at your local organizations and call and ask what help they need. They will welcome you.

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:30:00 +0000

In reply to MizzleMom. thank you for sharing -- and how great that it's not an outside group coming in!

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:30:00 +0000

In reply to PragmaticMom. sure!

By: PragmaticMom

PragmaticMom — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:03:00 +0000

Love this! Thanks for the list of great resources!

By: MizzleMom

MizzleMom — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:18:00 +0000

Mosaic Vision is a fairly new not for profit that is helping AIDs orphans in Uganda. Unlike so many orgs – they use Ugandans to help Ugandans and operate within social norms. They are doing amazing things and my lil one and her class are making Christmas cards for their unadopted orphans. http://mosaicvision.org