06-22-2015, 08:47 AM
(06-22-2015, 07:31 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Goodwill is a network of local affiliates. Proceeds from the sale of donated goods are used locally to help people in need find jobs so they can become financially independent. Goodwill also receives funds in the form of grants from other corporations and the government.
Goodwill offers many more programs than I was aware before my wife began working at Goodwill. If you're interested in learning more I suggest you visit the website for the Goodwill affiliate in your area.
This doesn't negate that oftentimes finding a local charity is a safer bet than the big names. For instance, even as good as Salvation Army is when compared to others, we have a couple of other thrift stores here that are for charitable organizations that are local only. One here does pretty much the same thing that SA does but because they are not helping to support an international organization even more of the proceeds go to their efforts to clothe, house, and feed the needy in the area.
There is no sure fire way to pick a good charity and there are pros and cons any way you look at it. I give to a combination of local, regional, national, and international organizations that I think the work they do is important work. But most of the resources I provide in this manner are focused on the local because I know how much further that dollar can go with them.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
