Great work coming up with a list of giving ideas! We’ll put these ideas to good use today by planning some ways to spend out of your Giving Envelope.
Today’s Assignment
- Look back on your ideas from yesterday. For each one, reflect on why it’s meaningful to you. And for each one, how much would be a meaningful amount to give?
- Pick one of the ideas, and give to that cause. Remember to pick a cause that’s within your budget, and make sure to leave some money in your Giving Envelope so you’ll have space to give spontaneously later this week too.
- Tell us how you chose to give in the comments below!
Note for couples: If you find a cause that’s meaningful to both of you, combine forces. It can be super powerful both for the cause you’re supporting and for your relationship with each other. Extra Credit: Chi-Ming and Juliette were on the same page when they decided to give their savings away. Listen to their story.
Happy budgeting,
-The Goodbudget Team
9 thoughts on “Give Because You Planned”
I chose to make a donation to an organization that gives free public art performances because I value art being accessible to everyone!
I’m going to make a donation to an organization which helps amputees.
I am sponsoring a child through Plan international, something I have wanted to do for a long time. It is a monthly contribution
We gave the deposit to a man to get his prosthetic leg
I’m going to donate to Austin pets alive ten dollars a month as I’m also a foster
I made constant donations to the church I mostly visit and also keep some margin in my envelope for emergency events: such as Red Cross for Covid and war. And sometimes to a donation program which friends I know forward sicknesses help for their direct friends and relatives.
Tend to give where I have stronger sympathy and trust
I give to NPR, Save the Children, PBS and Second Harvest. I would like to increase what I give to each of those charities. I value them highly. The first I would like to increase would be PBS because I currently give the least to them.
donating hats, scarfs, mittens is usually done mid fall or beg winter; cancer hats are year around. Cancer hats are the most meaningful as my father died of cancer. When creating these items it makes you feel good, like you’re not just sitting around and doing a hobby of yours.
I had $20 deducted automatically from my paycheques to the United Way. It was an auto deduction, so did not give much thought to those donations. This past month I’ve been de-cluttering. Have already given household items to Good Will, plus will be giving a comforter and sleeping bag that are thin and pretty ratty looking. They will go to a charity that rescues dogs, to line the bottom of their kennels. The dogs won’t mind. For me, dropping the boxes off is more tangible and meaningful than the auto deductions.