Idea for the Winner of DVC7 at DVinfo.net

Steven Hoffman · December 14th, 2006, 04:14 PM

Im probably not going to win unless everyone else hits the wall of shame, so I just wanted to propose a great charity.

Habitat for Humanity

Unlike many charities that temporarily provide people with emergency releif food/clothes/shelter Habitat actually buys foreclosed homes and empty lots, and then has people volunteer their time to build/completely redo the interior of a house. The people receiving the houses are requested to work a certain number of hours helping to build other peoples homes, and then get to use the skills they've learned to design and build their own home with the help of volunteers and others who are joining the program.

I have personally worked on houses as they have been redone and have enjoyed nothing more than taking a sledgehammer to old rotting walls in order to fix a house up.

If anyone is uncertain of a charity and you happen to win, I just wanted to offer this as one of the charitys that really helps people.

Anyone else have any great charitys that we could contribute to?
-Steve

Michael Gilbert · December 15th, 2006, 03:56 AM

Habitat for humanity is good...theres always red cross and probably countless charities with the recent hurricanes and tornadoes

Dylan Couper · December 16th, 2006, 02:04 PM

If it was me, I prefer to donate to small charities. $500 for Red Cross is a drop in the bucket, but for a small charity (see Lorinda's choice last year) it makes a hell of a difference. Small charities often have a harder time raising money too, as they don't have the massive advertising campains.

December 14th, 2006, 04:14 PM	#1
Steven Hoffman Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Buffalo, New York Posts: 51	Idea for the Winner of DVC7 Im probably not going to win unless everyone else hits the wall of shame, so I just wanted to propose a great charity. Habitat for Humanity Unlike many charities that temporarily provide people with emergency releif food/clothes/shelter Habitat actually buys foreclosed homes and empty lots, and then has people volunteer their time to build/completely redo the interior of a house. The people receiving the houses are requested to work a certain number of hours helping to build other peoples homes, and then get to use the skills they've learned to design and build their own home with the help of volunteers and others who are joining the program. I have personally worked on houses as they have been redone and have enjoyed nothing more than taking a sledgehammer to old rotting walls in order to fix a house up. If anyone is uncertain of a charity and you happen to win, I just wanted to offer this as one of the charitys that really helps people. Anyone else have any great charitys that we could contribute to? -Steve

December 16th, 2006, 02:04 PM	#3
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	If it was me, I prefer to donate to small charities. $500 for Red Cross is a drop in the bucket, but for a small charity (see Lorinda's choice last year) it makes a hell of a difference. Small charities often have a harder time raising money too, as they don't have the massive advertising campains. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

December 15th, 2006, 03:56 AM	#2
Michael Gilbert Regular Crew Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Orleans, La Posts: 47	Habitat for humanity is good...theres always red cross and probably countless charities with the recent hurricanes and tornadoes