Giving - One Cent At A Time

5 Surprising Trends in Fundraising for Charities

August 30, 2014 1 Comment

You must be aware of latest charitable campaign going on in Facebook, where many of my friends pouring buckets of ice water on top of their head.It’s the ALS ice bucket challenge, a campaign to raise fund and awareness towards ALS syndrome. For many the campaign is stupid but, it’s actually not. While the cause is great, it established on the latest social media campaign strategy. like businesses, charitable organizations are also going the social media route.

On the surface, fundraising seems simple: All you need is a worthy cause, and people will happily donate. As anyone who has ever been involved in fundraising can attest, though, it’s rarely that simple. Even the most worthy of causes have competition, and while the overall economy has improved and people are beginning to give more money to charity again, charitable giving has not yet reached pre-Recession levels.

The Importance of Giving this Holiday

December 20, 2013 7 Comments

Today I’ll talk about very important aspect of being rich and wealthy, the giving part of it. we live in a country that knows the importance of giving, holiday giving. Holidays are not only for getting and celebrating, it’s also about giving happiness to others.

Giving happiness to your near and loved ones and also giving happiness to persons or families you don’t know off and will probably never know off. Holidays are for every one, god has been kind enough to grant you good amount of wisdom, health, you were born in to a first world. You were given right education by your parents and you, by your given wisdom, fared well to get a job and earn your living.

The Good Care giving and the Tax Breaks Thereof

December 18, 2013 Leave a Comment

Readers of this blog have different occupation. When certain people contacted me to write about caregivers, I thought about it for a while and decided to go for it. Caregiving is something we all do but, we never spend the time to think about the other advantages like tax deductions. This post is all about how to be a better caregiver and then benefiting from it as well, apart from helping people in need, the primary objective of caregiving.

In my life I have seen a good amount of caregivers, there is one helping my parents back home. I have seen caregivers who go above and beyond to perform their duty. This is a tough and demanding task to be a good caregiver. If you aspire to be one, make sure not to commit these mistakes and follow the good practices.

Things to avoid as caregiver

When someone in your family falls sick, persons nearby turn into caregiver, often they get compensation. Do not just look for the compensation alone rather become a good helper. When the primary caregiver has to take a break and you are the one to step in, understand the previous one’s practices well.

Donate Old Eye Glasses to Charities, Help Those Less Fortunate

January 4, 2012 31 Comments

It was the last week of the year, the week within which I had to use my vision and dental insurance for my annual checkups. It was the either use it or lose it scenario. Although my dental health didn’t require anything apart from a deep cleaning, my eye sight definitely changed.

It’s strange that every year for the past 4 years I have experienced a change in my eyesight. The doctor explained to me that these are normal changes that occur to most of us between ages 18 to 40. This is as normal as growing one gray hair at a time on a weekly basis for me.

While ordering the glasses, as usual, LensCrafters tried to increase my out of pocket costs by including the items listed below. I was prepared to counter each one of them, and I did so successfully.

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