charities

[Diane Monaco]

At 02:07 PM 1/28/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>I'd be interested in any good suggestions, but want to remind everyone not 
>to overlook the obvious: the beggars on the streets, euphemistically known 
>as "the homeless." You can be sure that 100% of your money goes to the 
>people who need it....and if they buy a bottle of wine, shit, if I were on 
>the street, I might do that too.
>
>In twenty years...since this shit started, I have never walked by a beggar 
>without giving something, and I have never regretted it and never felt 
>ripped off. Why do I do it? Because they need it and I can spare it.
>
>Joanna

This is definitely true.  I walked several miles with Joanna through a 
downtown area and she not only gave to all who asked -- with readily 
accessible spare funds in her pockets -- but made me feel shamefully 
unprepared and selfish as I frantically fumbled for my not so easily 
accessible spare funds :).

Diane