I'm a white guy. Life has handed me a lot. (Yes, some of us will admit that.) I've seen legitimate poverty and realize how much I have. I'm writing this in a climate-controlled house on a fancy futuristic telephone while my kids are watching Internet-streamed programming on a flat screen TV.
Also, none of us are starving or dying of malaria. I have cancer, (mostly gone,) but it's totally treatable in this country.
It'd be terrible if I wasn't giving back or really just giving from the over abundance I have.
I'm kind of in need of a charity though. I'm probably going to do Pelotonia this year. I go to a church that does a lot. I used to volunteer, (admittedly, for a school project,) at the Delaware food bank. I'm not really sure what I want to commit myself to.
Also, just so I can bring up criteria, I'll probably have to volunteer at this for a year. It's why I'm a little reticent to just start doing something.
My actual goal, as I'm envisioning it while I'm microwaving soup in my kitchen, is someone to see me somewhere, say, "hello," introduce me to their spouse or significant other or whatever, and say, "I know him from volunteering at [wherever]."
I also realize how broadcasting about it here takes away a lot of the charitable nature of it. However, when I started writing this list, I didn't think I'd start a blog based on my ideas.
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