I feel so badly that I can't give to charity as I used to

i know just how you feel. i havent been able to give in about 2 yrs myself. im on a fixed income and its very hard to have any left over. i also get mailbox full of them even though ive moved many times and no longer give i wonder how they find me.

Hi there Dragon, I do know how you feel. The hardest for me is to have to stop giving to the kids that come in the store that I work at looking for me to buy something to help out their cause. I hate saying no and until this year, I never had to. I'd buy something off from them even if I didn't need it. Sometimes I'd just donate rather than buy. In my case, my income is the same but everything costs so much more that I can barely make ends meet. The economy is just horrible. This weekend alone, I got hit up by two young boys selling cookies at 7.00 per box for the youth soccer team and felt so horrible because I had to say "no".

If you can't give money maybe you could give time. Many charities now use online help maybe they could use yours?

Hiya dragon, Don´t feel bad about it you can only do what you can do and not fret so much about it. I cannot give like that either as our income is the same. Not going into personal details here but I try other ways to help if I can. So again don´t feel so bad don´t feel like you have to give especially when you know that you can´t. There will come other times and places when you can do what you want.

sometimes it is hard to give as money but there is other ways of giving. Charity is not all money but helping another in need also. Prayer, clothes, crafts, uplifting cards, visits to needy people, lonly people, just saying hello and a smile and mail a card and just let someone know you care for them or they are cared for would mean so much. I make crafts and jewelry and try to sell to help family and kids but sometimes sales are not that great so I donate time to e-mail people and say hello and mail a card out sometimes . To feel bad is normal sometimes but know money helps but there is other ways that can take the place of money that can help another even donate clothes to a person in need. I gave clothes away not to those that sell them over but to a person who I knew could use them and it makes you feel good to know you have helped in some way or the other. I believe in prayer and praying for someone is a wonderful gift....if you sew any making scraps quilts and dolls for kids would always bring on a smile.

eh, i think charity should base on your financial condition ,it should not be your burden ,as my opinion ,charity is voluntary ,not mandatory ,when you can not continue supporting these charity , you can mail them ,tell them your condition, you do not feel guilty or sad ,remember what you had done ,you should be happy ,proud ,these you helped people will appreciate you ,not resent you cause you stop charity ,right i give charity just according to income ,when i give one charity ,i am happy ,but when i can not give charity ,i just pray for them

I have also had to cut back on my donations. I decided to will my body to science (which I have done) and as they dispose of my remains (cremation) at no charge I do not need to use my life insurance policy to cover my burial arrangements and expenses so I have changed my beneficiary to my favorite charity.

I've not given to too many charities, because I mostly want to support the few that I really care about.

DRAGON54U hi I also feel bad as since I have come here my income is so m much less aft er my rent and board are paid that I have nothing left for the few charities like the Vets of Foreign wars and the american diabetes assoc. that I always sent something to each year. I makes me feel really bad that I can no longer do this. but I must keep a few supplies on hand each month for my diabetic lows and also I have both telephone land line and my internet bill those have to be paid.

I receive so many request from charities for donations that my husband has started intercepting them and delegating the request unopened to the recycle bin. I'm allowed to give to the church and 2 charities.

I actually don't give to charities because I help people that I can see and talk too instead. I do know the feeling though. My uncle was hungry for 3 days and I sent him some money but it wasn't much and I feel bad that I cannot send him more. I know he will be grateful for it but I wanted to be able to help much more than I did. =( It does make me feel really bad!

i also show loving heart sometimes ,but i dont believe it too much ,because as kown to all of us there are too many corruption in the charity , and nobody know how many of the donation given by us can send to the people relly need it.

Hi dragaon54u, it does my heart good to know that there are still people out there concerned about alleviating the suffering of our fellow man. While i have done so in the past, i don't give cash to charities any longer. As you said, so many of them have high administrative cost and it seems that the only people receiving the aid are the administrators. I give one lump sum every year at tax time included as a withholding from my state refund. The amount of the refund determines the amount i will give. It is usually between 5 and 10 percent. I do though donate to a local church that provides food and clothing to the needy. The clothing that is received as donations are displayed outside the church and passerbys can help themselves. Most of the members in the community also contribute so there is always abundant clothing for the needy there. The church also has a soup kitchen and any excess i may have I will usually donate. This includes canned goods and frozen foods as well as vegetables. Sometimes when i have a little extra i will add additiional groceries to my cart when shopping. Many of the members of the community also contribute and many needy people take advantage. Once a month through the city's food bank agency a truckload of donations arrive at the church and a food pantry portion is given to about 500 families. I feel a lot better when i pass by and know that i have contributed to the church's ability to help the needy in my community and actually see the people receiving the aid. No, i don't give case to charity any more.