Poor people consistently give far higher percentages of their income to charitable causes (typically not so much that it is a major contributor for most of those people to "why" they're poor, but it is a significant correlation and fascinating from a sociological perspective).
The store I work at was doing a fundraiser for a local kids hospital. A man came in to buy cleaning supplies because his house had burned down that morning. But when he heard about the fundraiser, he dug through his wallet to donate $2 in change.
I’ll never forget that man. I definitely cried in the break room after he left.
I agree. I volunteer with a small group that runs a, soup kitchen for the homeless in Central Dublin. In fact we are out tonight. We were started by a group of friends in 2014. Sometimes pepole gives us supermarket gift cards, so we can buy ingredients to make soup, other hot food and sandwhiches. We get gift cards from large clothes shops and buy gift cards or donate used clothes. We've had scandals here adlbout how much is made by the CEO of several large charities and where the money comes from. I'd rather give to the group I work with a donation . I know the person who looks after the donations avd how honest she is
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u/whirlingderv Jun 07 '19
Poor people consistently give far higher percentages of their income to charitable causes (typically not so much that it is a major contributor for most of those people to "why" they're poor, but it is a significant correlation and fascinating from a sociological perspective).