Benefit your Cause
Write your injuries in dust,
your benefits in marble.
–Benjamin Franklin
My wife and I have been
giving to charities since we first met in our early 20s. We’ve learned that
sometimes people who don’t have much still give a lot. As youth emerging into
adulthood, we gave our time, our money, and our passion to try and help make a
positive difference in our world. The pleasure we took in supporting our causes
established a philosophy of giving in our household—one that we now hope to
instill in our children as they grow and learn about the world.
At first our giving was to large
national nonprofits, like Sierra Club, but now we’ve grown to want to give
directly to the nonprofits in our local community—ones that support the local
economy, give opportunities to youth and artists in our region, and serve those
in our community who need support. Organizations that we can visit, that we can
witness the impacts of, and join in on successes with. We like to get to know
our local nonprofits and do what we can to support them; they do so much to
keep our community a great place for us to live and work.
Even a small amount makes a
big difference to a local nonprofit. Whether you care about the environment
(Clearwater, Scenic Hudson, Wild Earth); the arts (Women’s Studio Workshop,
Arts Mid-Hudson, Rosendale Theatre); youth development (Children’s Media
Project, Center for Creative Education, Kingston Boys and Girls Club); local
community members in need (Queen’s Galley, Family Services, Ulster Corps); the local
economy (Hudson Valley Current, Re>Think Local, Rondout Valley Growers
Association); or animals (Catskill Animal Sanctuary, local shelters)—whatever
you care about—there are plenty of fabulous local nonprofits to choose from,
and they all celebrate any show of support.
I encourage you to make a
donation this year to a nonprofit in our community. If we continue to work
together (even in small ways) we will achieve goals that send ripples through
our wonderful world. Happy Holidays.
Posted by Chris Hewitt
on 5:46 PM.
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