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Charity Work (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by Zyrinth to c/[email protected]

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Good morning everyone,

I am looking to do charity work for one year straight. Starting in February of 2024 my job is giving me a years salary to go do charity work of any sort.

So my question is, what kind of charity needs help around central Pennsylvania, USA?

I know there are soup kitchens and some popular ones like Habitat for Humanity, but how do I help the ones that might not have as many people helping them?

I apologize if this isn't the correct place to post this, I'm still very new to Lemmy.

Thank you

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best charity work in terms of bang for the buck is to do what you do for a living but for free. E.g., if you're a programmer, contribute to an opem source project. If you're a lawyer, do pro bono work. If you're a builder, go repair poor people's houses etc etc.

[–] Zyrinth 2 points 1 year ago

I would love to use my knowledge that I know how to help people but thw biggest issues is:

Finding who needs that help other than word of mouth and it's usually people who are lazy (from what I found so far)
Even small stuff requires a bit of money to be able to fix. I'm still paying off my student loans, medical bills, car payment, etc. I can spend about $50-$100 per week to help with small supplies here and there but I'd also like to save up for a house some day.