Board 8 > Do you ever give money to charities?

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do you ever?

Yeah. The amount varies but typically $50-200 a month

you give that much a month? to what organization?

Animal rescues in my area. There's 4-5 that pull non adoptable cats from the local animal shelter. Some are flagged as feral which makes them non-adoptable to the public (and the shelter is extremely liberal over flagging cats as feral). Some are marked non adoptable because they have medical issues.

It's important that these rescues get funding to keep rescuing the cats and nursing them back to adoptable condition or look after them permanently in their sanctuaries otherwise the cats are euthanized.

I also regularly transport the cats from the shelter to fosters or the rescues vet. Easiest round trips are 2 hour transports and like 60-100 miles but some are upwards of 7-8 hours (usually that's for cats that have FeLV because finding a rescue capable of taking them is extremely difficult and the shelter only gives 1-2 days to find one). I don't factor that into my donated amount though.

Unfortunately I can't foster any cats as I'm up to 5 and 1 dog with foster fails on my record (i.e. I keep them) so I can't trust myself. So transporting and donating money is my way of doing what I can.

yes, but not a set amount or to any specific charities. If my friends post about a charity they're involved with on social media (or if they do the birthday charity fundraiser stuff), I'll usually give $25-50 each time

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Yes, usually to a variety of local organizations (food banks, refugee support, habitat for humanity), but also to others as they come up. I try to get my company to match when possible, but not every org is big enough to be recognized or tax deductible or whatever (ex: gofundme's, mutual aid funds).

I really should make some of these recurring monthly, but for now it's sporadic throughout the year.

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Sometimes. There's no rhyme or reason, and there's no set amount. It's never a lot, though.