Are You Giving This Year?

It’s that time of year, you know.

The Giving Season.

I’m not just talking presents to your friends and family, though. I’m talking charity, donations, pledges - giving to better the world.

Some questions to consider this year:

• Who do you have in mind?
• What charities do you support and why?
• Is your gift to one person, one family, one organization, one town, or something even bigger?
  
• Are you giving money, or time, or something else entirely?
• How can you make the biggest impact?
• Is your gift sustainable?
• Can you see or feel the fruits of your contribution?
• How does your gift reflect your own values?
• How does it reflect your own biases?
• Do you regularly give to the same organization or do you try to find new charities every year?

Finally:
Do you only give at Christmastime? Why?