This thing I do...

[lagilman]

Reminder: you have one more week to show proof-of-kindness, and get a free story!  We still need at least two more people to play....

Originally posted by suricattus at This thing I do...

I'm careful about where I give my charity money. I do my research, I look at the percentage of money that actually goes to the work versus the administration (I'm looking at you, so-called cancer cure charities), and their overall actual impact.

And one of the charities I give to regularly is my local food bank.

This year in the United States, with the Shutdown and the cuts, even more people are relying on food banks. Possibly people we know, people we live near, work with, go to school with.

I'm not going to insist that everyone here to go make a donation. You can't coerce charity - well, you can, but guilt only goes so far.

A carrot, on the other hand.....

So here's this year's deal. If I get 10 people to send in a screen shot of a donation made to their local food bank/soup kitchen/whatever, either in cash or kind of no less than $10 (or 10 of your local currency), I will post an original short story to my site.

If I get more than 25 people to do it, it's a novella.

Your deadline is the US Thanksgiving (November 28th).


[send the screen shot to lag@lauraannegilman.net]

EtA: the count currently stands at FIFTEEN!

Comments

[kateyule.livejournal.com]

Sorry, no photo, but I'd like to describe the system we use: Stock up on emergency food supplies twice a year, while at the same time giving the previous six months' stash to the food bank. I have this pegged to Mayday and Halloween, for mnemonic convenience.

aka "How not to have a stash of ten-year-old peanut butter."

[jennielf.livejournal.com]

I realized today that I cannot justify a $30 in game pet & Mount (at least$5 of which goes to Make-A-Wish) for WoW and NOT do this.

Thanks for the prod. :)