I agree with you , but I try to do it differnetly. I distrust the orginizations that claim to help. More often than not they are lining their pockets and giving a few pennies in a disjointed effort. Also, I was turned down for help from every orginization when I was unemployed, out of unemployment, had no money and was about to lose my apartment after 9/11. I think they have alot of balls coming to me and asking me for money after that.
What I do is I give help to people I know, and trust. I do so directly and to the best of my ability.
I fixed a computer for a friend who was recently divorced ( she woke up , and he was gone ) so that she could get her photography business back in order.
I ran 3 events to raise money for a victim of a gang beating. She had no insurance and had to have facial reconstruction surgery after being stomped into the ground for being in the wrong place at teh wrong time.
I tutored on line, and changed the life of a person from dreaming of being a help desk phone bot, and now will be a network engineer in about 2 years.
I maintained web pages, domain names , and other net life for several people who didn't knwo how, or just didn't have the time. I even went to the WIPO to get a domain name back that was sniped.
I used my " hacking " skills to help a college student who could not in any way or form afford $500 software for school to achieve a few goals.
I helped promote a small business to the point of it being almost sustainable.
I've had people come to me with their computers riddled with problems , and fixed them in exchange for a bottle of gatorade. I showed them how to prevent things like this in the future. I saved their files, work, art, writing.
These are not big charities, grand causes, or things of any note to anyone other than the people themselves. They are not extrodinary cases, nor are they tricks to make them owe me ( though I stand accused of that more often than you think ).
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Date: 2007-12-20 02:35 am (UTC)What I do is I give help to people I know, and trust. I do so directly and to the best of my ability.
I fixed a computer for a friend who was recently divorced ( she woke up , and he was gone ) so that she could get her photography business back in order.
I ran 3 events to raise money for a victim of a gang beating. She had no insurance and had to have facial reconstruction surgery after being stomped into the ground for being in the wrong place at teh wrong time.
I tutored on line, and changed the life of a person from dreaming of being a help desk phone bot, and now will be a network engineer in about 2 years.
I maintained web pages, domain names , and other net life for several people who didn't knwo how, or just didn't have the time. I even went to the WIPO to get a domain name back that was sniped.
I used my " hacking " skills to help a college student who could not in any way or form afford $500 software for school to achieve a few goals.
I helped promote a small business to the point of it being almost sustainable.
I've had people come to me with their computers riddled with problems , and fixed them in exchange for a bottle of gatorade. I showed them how to prevent things like this in the future. I saved their files, work, art, writing.
These are not big charities, grand causes, or things of any note to anyone other than the people themselves. They are not extrodinary cases, nor are they tricks to make them owe me ( though I stand accused of that more often than you think ).
I give. I will continue to give this way.