Making Donations

Most charities depend on donations to survive and to fulfil their mission, and often canvass the general public seeking donations, or organise events at which donations can be collected. However, most charities, in order to continue being relevant and useful, depend on more than such small pockets of public donations; private donations from wealthy individuals or companies make a great deal of difference too.

There are several ways to make donations, from personal contributions to collections on the street, to sponsoring somebody who is performing an activity in the name of charity such as a sponsored walk or a charity run. It is also possible to donate money online through for-profit companies such as JustGiving, who charge each donation with a small percentage administration cost.

There are also several different examples of charitable donations other than monetary. For example, donations can take the form of unwanted or outgrown clothes, or unwanted household items, such as old books, videos, DVDs, CDs, tapes and records. Many people often donate food items too, such as canned goods that keep well. Food is often the focus of school-based charity programmes that coincide with the Harvest Festival, often organising shipments of food parcels to be sent to regions of the world where starvation is an everyday horror.

However, there are other kinds of donation that do not involve charities. One can donate blood, for which one receives no monetary recompense, and similarly one can donate one’s internal organs after death, either for medical research or for use by another person whose own organ or organs are, for some reason, failing.

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