Question of the Day

When it comes to making a difference, some people donate money and others volunteer their time. What cause gets your time or money?

Few things get my money, simply because I don't have the kind of disposable income I'd like to have in order to donate money and not feel like I'm putting myself further into debt. But through my workplace, for Christmas, we sponsor families through Christopher House and my money goes toward clothing and toys for families who need them.

If I ever win an assload of money in the lottery, my money shall go to my parents and brother to pay off their bills and have some fun money, some more for my brother so he (and hopefully my father) can open a restaurant, a college fund for my brother's girlfriend's daughter, and some friends so they can have some cash to make whatever they want happen for themselves. After that, I would most definitely donate to Just Detention International (an organization focused on ending sexual abuse in all forms of detention), the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, the Human Rights Campaign, and I would hopefully find some more local organizations to help.

My time, on the other hand, is much more readily available than my money and it's mainly donated to the Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline. A few months after starting my shifts, my parents asked on the phone one night how it was going and I told them that even after those few months, I couldn't imagine not working there.

I still can't. Can't really imagine I ever will.