Giving Back
For those of you who are not already mired in the world of personal finance blogs (ie my friends and family who read this), you may have noticed a new badge over on my sidebar this week. (Okay, so you all would have noticed, but you PF people already know what it’s about.) The badge is the Bloggers Give Back badge, and it is a movement started by my dear friend Jana over at Daily Money $hot.
The basic idea behind it is to make sure we are giving back to our communities. Jana and many others have dedicated to giving 10% (or more or less) of their earnings from their blogs to charity. I don’t have any earnings from my blogs at the moment, so I’m not promising dollars. Instead, my goal is to volunteer through Sparked.com at least once a month.
Each month, Jana will be choosing a general charity category and challenging the members to donate to a group that supports that category. (She encourages people to donate to their local organizations.) Since I’m donating time, not money, a lot will depend on what volunteer opportunities exist over at Sparked. However, I am going to try and support the category she chooses as a way to force myself to participate in volunteer activities I might otherwise skip over.
Still, if I can’t find one I think I can do in the chosen category, my goal is still going to be to participate on at least one project.
On the first Sunday Evening Post of each new month, I’ll post what projects I helped on.
Bloggers give back is a great idea. Very motivating.
Isn't it? Jana is fabulous for organizing this
I think it is a great project. I actually have seriously considered joining a project or two myself! Hope it goes well for you.
You should join Bloggers Give Back. Set your own rules
I am so happy that you're participating! And thank you for writing about it. I want people to know that even if they can't or don't want to give money, giving back in any way is just as wonderful.
Oh, and the badge? Great addition to the site 😉
It really is a fabulous badge. Shel Silverstein remains the poet of my heart (or at least my childhood)
Great idea and I really like the "give local" aspect!
I actually think that's the most important part. Bloggers tend to get caught up in a virtual community that spans the globe. Sometimes we need to be reminded to put ourselves back in our local community
I love this idea, and I'm supporting all of you! I don't make $$ from my blog (well, perhaps 50 cents from BlogHer..haha), but I will also be giving back. I completed my own version of this during the month of December, Operation Giving Back, where I did one good deed/random act of kindness every day for all 31 days of the month. I'll be posting my final recap soon; stop by to check it out in case you want/need some ideas!!
I'm a bad person, because while I've been reading your December posts about doing random acts of kindness, I didn't comment. But I want to say, I love what you did.
That's my goal for 2012: more charitable work. I really dropped in my local charitable giving efforts in 2011, and this year I'm going to pick up the slack.
So join in. Give back in whatever way works for you
[…] all around. You can see my post about how I plan to follow the basic guidelines of the challenge at Giving Back on The Dog Ate My Wallet. But I am also posting the badge here and want to set some specific goals and promises to give back […]