"What is your favorite charity?" Topic

What is your favorite charity?

and

Should TMP have an official charity?

The Battlefields Trust
(saves, preserves, enhances, interprets battlefields, mostly UK)
The Royal British Legion
(UK help and welfare charity for serving and ex-service personnel)

They above are UK charities and I expect likeminded enthusiasts in other countries will have similar charities in their countires.

Plus I have some other arts/educational ones which are personal interests of mine.

But for a Poll Suggestion, I'd like to see the British Legion and the Battlefields Trust as options …

Phil
(No to the TMP question)

Soldiers' Angels: soldiersangels.org

My gaming group.
If not then Habitat for Humanity.
Games for Troops is another topper for me.

ASPCA and World Wildlife.

World Vision, actually

Royal British Legion, Help for heroes, and any animal charity.

and No, too many varied members.

Wounded Warriors, Fisher House, Humane Society, Toys for Tots

Wounded Warriors
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
World Vision
Heifer International
and my parish (Shrine of the True Cross Catholic Church)

Royal British Legion
Help For Heroes
St Dunstan's
Combat Stress

helpforheroes.org.uk

Meals on Wheels
Fuzzy Friends (the local no-kill animal shelter)

Salvation Army: Very cost-effective!

lc

Boy Scouts of America

Rick

Lions Eye Bank of Philadelphia.

Dm

Special Operations Warrior Foundation. It provides college scholarships and other support for children of U.S. Special Operations people killed in training or on operations.

No to the question of TMP having an official charity.
Tom

Childrens miracle network helps kids with terminal illness

Make a Wish

Salvation Army

Church

CMN
Salvation Army
St. Jude's Children's Hospital (cancer research)
Local Little League

Samaritans purse.

My Church (putting my money where my mouth is)
Disabled American Veterans ('cause they deserve it)
Boy's Town ('cause they need it)
Boy Scouts (my son has joined and I'm an eagle)
Desarmeaux House (abortion prevention / pregnancy assistance)

RNLI

I grew up by the sea….

rnli.org.uk

Barnardo's .
done many things over the years for them and still will.

I'm surprised nobody has said the Red Cross. My apartment building burned down back in 1998, and we were left with nothing but our car and the clothes on our back. They put us up in a motel and gave us all kinds of vouchers at various stores. Somthing as inconsiquential as a pen or a pair of scissors or even a bottle of shampoo becomes a major deal when you no longer have it.

Salvation Army. Always seem to have a 'Sally' around when they are needed, both in War and in Peace.

And unlike a certain large international organisation they don't collect donations for a specific cause & then siphon off all the funds for other purposes, then carry on in the local media when caught out.

moonhippie3 – you didn't have insurance then?!!!!

My church.
The Bangor Troop Greeters.
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.
Civil War Battlefield Trust.
Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.
Salvation Army.
The Gideons. (Amazing folks, they.)

BRPS….

I and many of my family suffer from this condition.

link

The local Humane Society

Amnesty International

Zola Levitt and The Joshua Fund

1 My church
2 Boy Scouts

tied for third:
Civil War Preservation Trust
Red Cross
Disabled American Veterans

TMP no

When I can adequately provide for my children's education I'll think hard about all this but for now any spare money goes to my sad retirement and their schooling.

And to the second part of the question, no, I don't think the TMP should have an official charity. You'll never be able to pick one that won't be controversial with someone, and really, anyone who wants to give to a charity already can.

When I have spare money it goes (in no order):

Salvation Army
Cancer Research
RNLI
Christian Aid

No to the TMP part