The Personal Giving Journal
The recipient I choose was World Vision, I found it after doing an extensive research online. I wanted to give only a certain amount and Word Vision was the only one who accepted. Additionally, World vision was the only charity I found that supported the restoration of the Caribbean, due to the destruction of the recent hurricanes. Giving this agency made me feel as though am contributing to the efforts to restore the Caribbean though little. I will be very honest, I wanted to give 10 dollars and most of the agencies I could find specifically stated, we only accept the minimum of 20 dollars. I am not shore what the policy was; however, first thing that appalled me was the minimum 20 dollars. Why Can’t I give how much I want? World Vision was the one that accepted my 10-dollar donation. I know that sound frugal, giving 10 dollars and behaving as though I am giving a million dollars. However, I feel though that my money is valuable and though its 10 dollars I worked very hard for it, so giving that money is very important for me. …show more content…
I didn’t want any charity to have my information and send me coupons asking for money continually. I just wanted to make a one-time payment. It took sometime but after looking at the donor information screen, I decided to give my real name; it took me long enough. Things get real once I got to the payment method page, Should I give my Visa or my MasterCard. I was reluctant because I did not trust the website, although there was a padlock on the URL stating it is a secure
The recipient I choose was World Vision, I found it after doing an extensive research online. I wanted to give only a certain amount and Word Vision was the only one who accepted. Additionally, World vision was the only charity I found that supported the restoration of the Caribbean, due to the destruction of the recent hurricanes. Giving this agency made me feel as though am contributing to the efforts to restore the Caribbean though little. I will be very honest, I wanted to give 10 dollars and most of the agencies I could find specifically stated, we only accept the minimum of 20 dollars. I am not shore what the policy was; however, first thing that appalled me was the minimum 20 dollars. Why Can’t I give how much I want? World Vision was the one that accepted my 10-dollar donation. I know that sound frugal, giving 10 dollars and behaving as though I am giving a million dollars. However, I feel though that my money is valuable and though its 10 dollars I worked very hard for it, so giving that money is very important for me. …show more content…
I didn’t want any charity to have my information and send me coupons asking for money continually. I just wanted to make a one-time payment. It took sometime but after looking at the donor information screen, I decided to give my real name; it took me long enough. Things get real once I got to the payment method page, Should I give my Visa or my MasterCard. I was reluctant because I did not trust the website, although there was a padlock on the URL stating it is a secure