Skeptic Project

Donate to Doctors Without Borders, Nature Conservancy and the NRDC. Also there's something involving families of slain police but I can't remember the name of it.

I work with an Urban collaborative on the South Side of Chicago to help homeless Chicagoans and communities facing massive foreclosures.

I have only been doing charity for a few months, but I was inspired by the assholes on this forum.

I donated to my local toys for tots. I have been buying meal in a box's at my local supermarket when I have extra cash. I also donate food to my local food pantries.

"caring about animals... because it really doesn't matter much."

I couldn't disagree more.

For several years I've helped coach high school students in a civics program called "We The People" whose objective is to increase understanding of the Constitution. The REAL Constitution, that is, not the fake one that CT's believe in.

I donate a substantial chunk of my income to an organization called Marathon Education Partners, which sponsors deserving kids over a 10-year period to save up for college. It's more than just a college savings fund, though, but rather a very long-term, in-depth prepare-for-college program. The student I'm sending, who I've been sponsoring since he was age 9, will be going to college next fall.

I was president of my Kiwanis club and served on the board for 6 years (I'm still involved). Some of the activities our club has done:
~ Blood drive (conservative estimate is our club ALONE saved 21,000 lives)
~ Collecting old eyeglasses for kids in third world countries
~ Salt iodine program, to fight child deformity/paralysis
~ Direct on-the-ground help in Haiti (one of our members spent 6 months in a refugee camp)
~ Key Club sponsoring (high school leadership program)
~ Program to disconnect obsolete drainpipes from houses. This program reduced the wastewater going into the Portland storm drain system by 50% in three years.
~ Meals on Wheels. Our members serve hundreds of meals every week to old, infirm people who would literally starve to death otherwise.
~ Summer camp for disabled children
~ Special summer camp for severe burn victims
~ Huge fundraiser drives (about 5 or 6 per year) for local children's cancer hospital
~ Christmas gift program for homeless kids

I could go on. I venture to say that my charity club does more for people in one week than the Zeitgeist Movement has done in its entire existence.

^ I HATE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU

I pay my taxes so people like VTV can sponge off of people like me and you. I forgot I'll be paying a heck of a lot more in taxes... Since the Zeitgeist Movement advocates not paying taxes at least know just by doing that I'm doing more than they ever will.

I recently cleaned out my pantry and closets. Three bags of clothes to donate to the Salvation Army and 2 boxes of food for the local food bank, less clutter for me. Most people have too much shit, so do this. I also make my kid carry a UNICEF box on Halloween. I also give money.

I donate money to Red Cross, Unicef and Amnesty International

i also do voluntary work at a Save The Children shop

I forgot to mention I donate a hell of a lot of my time fixing farm tractors/maintenance back in my home town as well as dedicate my other time to open source projects such as rep rap and things of that nature. I suppose I donate my time and labor instead of money besides taxes.

"This really is the 'Things TZM doesn't do' thread."

Yeah, I know. It's just one of the things that rubs me the wrong way the worst about TZM and CTers in general.

"Once any of my kids turn 12 I make sure they get involved too from that point forward, because young people typically don't do anything for their communities."

I think this is an awesome idea. If more parents did this with their kids, I bet way fewer of them would fall into the CT world.