What does helping mean?

I am not able to give money for obvious reasons, but I do give much of my time when I can. Right now I am working on a project with the Red Cross where I am trying to update the shelter agreements so if there is a disaster in our chapter, we will have the information that we need to be able to handle it. Right now, most agreements we have are at least 2 years old so pretty much everything needs to be updated. I really wish that I could have helped with the problems on the east coast, but due to health reasons I couldn't go. I hope that I regain my health soon so I can do even more. Thanks for bringing this up.

Hi... J K had seen the worst days of life herself, before the birth of Harry Potter. I have read somewhere that she'd go without food once a day. She did not have enough for one meal and had a child to look after too... Her sense of public duty emerges out of that... She's seen the worst, and now when she's on the top, she's not forgotten what she's been through... It is a great thing... Not everyone can manage that... I'll help too, if i could... The website that you've written about. I'll visit it... I can do that much I guess, if it is for a good cause... Thank you Marguicha! :-)

I forgot about free rice. I used to play it at least once a day.I have no money but I can play . If I were very rich I would give back. It would be like playing Santa Claus.

I cant donate more money for charity because my income is very less and my husband income is also not high. But some time gives some portion of my earning for charity but now middle person eat this money and not reach near charity.

hi, for me helping means to extend our support in many ways,such as money,clothes,food and medicines,and also praying will never be gone in helping,for me because i am not that rich person but i have many old clothes i think i can donate those clothes that i didn't use anymore.

Your answer explains it better. By the way, thanks for suggesting a wonderful site. Have a good day

I would donate to so many things if I could afford it. There are all kinds of places looking for money. It's easier for me to donate my time which I do. I live in a Sr. Citizen building and every day I help one person or another and it leaves me with a good feeling.

I've never heard of freerice.com until you mentioned it here! Right, if I were a billionaire, I would give to who I thought needed it the most. JK Rowlings is someone that would donate her money, it is money she never had before and knows how it is to have to work for your money. Usually, I try to help different families out, even when it is not a holiday. I can usually find someone that needs help through my local school. They may not give me a family's name and the donation can be anonymous. I kind of like it that way. The only people I will not help are the ones that stand outside begging for money. I've bought them food before and they refuse it. I've bought them coffee, they refuse it. They only want money. I would think if I was starving and hungry, I would take what was given.

You are right helping is not just giving money but donating your time as well I have a survey site where I do surveys and the money goes for charity I also donate books and clothes.

Although it was nice that she donated that money, I agree that we don't have to be billionaires to help people. There are other ways. I like the teaching your children about values and kindness. Sometimes a little kindness can be worth a million bucks. I think that there is power in numbers too. Fundraisers and such can really help out charities.

I think it doesn't mean that we have to donate something materially just to be a philanthropist...we can actually do good deeds in any forms.....if don't have money, we can actually help in the Red Cross in preparing goods for their relief efforts....atleast you have donated your time in order to do such noble act....

Helping other people is something that you really want to make or you are sincere to share without asking the acknowledgement or any reward to the people that you want to help. If you want to help people it all means that it benefits to the other people and not to you. Because if you are a type of person who projects that you are helping others then you are asking for return then you cannot call it as helping but that is what you call an exchange deal that most companies are doing. I agree that helping is not about money and we can help other people even if we are not billionaire or rich as JK Rowling. Not also by donation on giving them some basic needs or materials. We can also help them on how to protect themselves, educate them, emotional care and other more without the involvement of the money. Even more we should also help other people to have mental discipline in terms of cleanliness in our surroundings to avoid the floods and disasters that can affect lives of many people. Actually if I could be rich as JK Rowling I have this thought of helping the charitable institution not by just giving the money itself but help them to improve the temporary shelter. To share with you something there was a time that I've already tried to live in temporary shelter just for 3 days for some reason since I don't want to go home. So I was able to see how does it look like. That house is lacking sanitary especially in terms of the bathroom. Then by the time that I am sleeping I could smell the bad odor from outside that is like the expired rice. I've asked a kid who is also living there if what are the lessons that they are taking then he mentioned that they were taught how to use instruments, catechism or any religious subject with morals, taekwando. But then when I asked if they have math he said they were not taught about math. So I realized they are still lacking of knowledge in other thing. I have this thought that if I would be also rich like JK Rowling to the extent of being billionaire then I would want to offer regarding the whole improvement of that shelter, sanitary needs, and training in cleanliness, more so the training on how to protect themselves, how to face reality, and provide them instructors in math, science, and parenting as well since I've seen a mother there. So I would want to sincerely help them of course for their comfort.