Category: Giving
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Giving Creatively During a Time of Crisis
In the face of fear and crisis, giving represents a meaningful outward-focused action that seeds the belief that our choices are building a brighter future. There are several different ways to give during this time. Some represent giving financially, others giving time. Below is a list of way I am giving and others have suggested.
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How We’ve Commercialized Charity
The fundamental problem of commercialized charity is that we participate as consumers, not as partners.
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Getting Used to Being Different
At some point in my investing journey, I realized I was living a life that was very different from other people. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it at first, but it probably became most apparent after our difficult financial year in 2014. That year, we were using up all our savings, I was…
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4 Financial Gifts for Kids
The gift-giving season is upon us. I have already spied different online gift guides. I enjoy browsing other’s curated gift guides, even though I rarely purchase items from them. I am more of a window shopper at heart. In that spirit, I have a few gifts you might consider giving your children that provide some…
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A Few Problems With End-Of-Year Giving – And Another Way
Around Thanksgiving, most of us will start to receive solicitations from various charities regarding giving before January 1. There are often various toy drives, canned good drives, and other financial campaigns. I love the idea of giving at the end of the year. We give throughout the year, but also sometimes give a donation in…
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How My Husband and I Prioritize Charitable Giving
Giving has always been important to our family. Even before we were married, we discussed how we wanted to be generous. Because we discussed giving early on in our relationship, it has been much easier to figure out how to implement that value in our day-to-day life. Even so, we have had to figure out…