Happily, the good folks at Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation - a non-profit dedicated to the work and ministry of the Millenium Development Goals - has been thinking about these checks too. They have started the Give it For Good Campaign. Here is the pledge they are asking folks to make:
"Because I take seriously Christ's admonition that 'where your treasure is, there will your heart be also' (Matt. 6:31), and
"Because I believe reaching out in compassion to the extreme poor around the world is more important than propping up an economy based on unsustainable consumption.
"I am donating all or part of my 2008 tax rebate/economic stimulus check (or all or part of the amount I would be receiving if I qualified for a check) to not-for-profit organizations that support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
"Instead of spending it, I am Giving It For Good."
"Because I believe reaching out in compassion to the extreme poor around the world is more important than propping up an economy based on unsustainable consumption.
"I am donating all or part of my 2008 tax rebate/economic stimulus check (or all or part of the amount I would be receiving if I qualified for a check) to not-for-profit organizations that support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
"Instead of spending it, I am Giving It For Good."
Make sense to you? Yeah, me too. Visit their website at www.giveit4good.org for ideas about where to give and how to spread the word.
1 comment:
Great idea. I can think of a lot of ways to spend the money but none as rewarding as this. And who says it has to be all of the money?
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