They say, "Charity begins at home", and so I interpreted this as meaning one would have to have a home to be charitable to oneself. Ergo the reason my favorite charity is Habitat for Humanty.

I donate to very few charities because it seems so many have such high overhead just to keep running to collect more money to cover the overhead, that the donations are rather minimal when they get to their final destination. I like results and I think HfH proves their results on a daily basis. I believe everyone should have a decent home to live in and that they should demonstrate their worthiness of said home with lots of sweat equity (something HfH requires in order to receive a home). These houses are built by people who donate their time and so too is the materials that are used to build them, or at the least the materials are aquired at an extreme discount. This way, more homes can be renovated or built with less overhead and no payroll.

The families that receive these homes are low income and come from pitiful circumstances. The homes they receive are paid for based on their incomes, from a loan with a very low interest rate. Yes, they still have to buy the home but in any other situation these families would never be able to aquire a mortgage to purchase a home on their own. When granted a home that they can be proud of, it seems the entire family prospers in self esteem and pride and a better life is born.

I mentioned HfH in a reply in another thread and it got me to thinking................

Do you have a favorite charity and why is it your favorite?

Oh....and BTW! "ME" is not a charity! LOL!

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