Tis the season to give

By; Sarah Keller

I love helping others out. Giving to charities are a great way to help others out, but with the way the economy is these days it is hard to find the money to give to a charity, and even harder to figure out a charity that will put your money to good use.

According to an article from wallet pop it tells you how to safely give money to a good cause that will be using at least 75% of proceeds to support the actual program. The first tip it talks about is to research your charity at charitynavigator.org, which tells how efficiently individual charities “spread the wealth”.

The article talks about how you can deduct your donation from your federal income tax. A lot of charities are looking for things that you may have right at home such as old clothes and canned food so you do not have to fork out cash. You can even donate an old cell phone or other electronics that you are not using. The article also talks about how you can simply donate your time and energy, which is what I like to do.

The article goes on to talk about how there is a scam on the internet right now about people trying to get money from you by sending an e-mail out acting like they are a big name charity such as Salvation Army, beware of these e-mails.

This article gives many great tips on how to give for the holiday season, and helps you to know how to avoid scam artists. It is well worth the time to read. I think it was well reported, I love helping others out so this article was very important to me.