Practice What I'm Preachin'
When I received my tax return, I told myself I'd donate 10% of what I got back to charity. It'll be hard to do so, mostly because of the big stretch in finances now that I have no hours at work. It'll be more tough deciding how to divvy up that money, and who to donate it to. Do I do smaller increments and donate to more places or fewer donations of larger amounts?
Well, I finally put my money where my thoughts were, and donated $50 to The Miss Malaprop March-April Fundraiser to The Green Project. The way I see it New Orleans + Recycling + The Arts = a good home for Ashe Cash (I didn't need that additional pair of shoes anyhow ;) ).
While The Green Project is the overlying umbrella organization, I'm particularly pleased with the mission behind Recycle for Arts:
Recycle for the Arts (R4A) is a trash-to-art storefront that supplies low-cost art supplies to the community. R4A provides art materials to individual artists, schools, art programs, galleries, and other non-profit groups at minimal cost. R4A's mission is to promote creative recycling and reuse in the community, support the arts, and educate the public through events and workshops based on creating art from reused materials.
So I began my donation process for the year; it wasn't buying that $1 tin of mints at Hot Topic to promote Music and Art amongst Kids, but I'm more pleased with the organization choice and knowing all of my money is going to them.
Well, I finally put my money where my thoughts were, and donated $50 to The Miss Malaprop March-April Fundraiser to The Green Project. The way I see it New Orleans + Recycling + The Arts = a good home for Ashe Cash (I didn't need that additional pair of shoes anyhow ;) ).
While The Green Project is the overlying umbrella organization, I'm particularly pleased with the mission behind Recycle for Arts:
Recycle for the Arts (R4A) is a trash-to-art storefront that supplies low-cost art supplies to the community. R4A provides art materials to individual artists, schools, art programs, galleries, and other non-profit groups at minimal cost. R4A's mission is to promote creative recycling and reuse in the community, support the arts, and educate the public through events and workshops based on creating art from reused materials.
So I began my donation process for the year; it wasn't buying that $1 tin of mints at Hot Topic to promote Music and Art amongst Kids, but I'm more pleased with the organization choice and knowing all of my money is going to them.