Why Giving TimeBeats Giving Money

Carl Turnley

$2,947

THE AVERAGEAMOUNT OF MONEY

PER HOUSEHOLDDONATED TO

CHARITY IN 2015

$373.25BILLION

THE AMOUNT OFMONEY GIVEN TO

CHARITIES IN 2015TOTAL.

A 4.1% INCREASESINCE 2014

$57.19BILLION

FOUNDATIONGIVING IN 2015.

A 6.5 % INCREASESINCE 2014.

THOSE NUMBERSFROM NONPROFIT

TRUST

INDICATE THAT WE'RELIVING IN ONE OF THE

MOST CHARITABLE TIMESTHAT AMERICA HAS EVER

SEEN

VOLUNTEERINGNUMBERS, HOWEVER,

ARE DOWN

THE MARGINAL DROP IN HOURSVOLUNTEERED INDICATES

WE'RE CONTENT WRITING ACHECK INSTEAD OF SEEING THE

RESULTS

WE SHOULD BEGIVING MORE TIME

AND WORRYING LESS ABOUTTAKING THE EASY WAY OUT

WHEN YOUVOLUNTEER YOUR

TIME, YOU...GET TO SEE THE RESULTS FIRST-HAND

KNOW EXACTLY WHERE, HOW, AND WHOYOUR EFFORTS ARE BENEFITTING

ARE TAKING REAL ACTION TO MAKE ADIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, OR THE

WORLDDON'T RISK DONATING TO A SEEDY CHARITY

AREN'T TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT

WAYS TO DONATEYOUR TIME

VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL SCHOOLVOLUNTEER AT A FOOD BANK OR SOUP

KITCHENHELP BUILD, REPAIR OR IMPROVE THE

WELFARE OF HOMES IN YOUR AREATHE POSSIBILITIES ARE CLOSER TO ENDLESS

THAN THEY ARE TO FINITEVISIT VOLUNTEERMATCH.ORG TO FIND

PLACES AROUND YOU