San Francisco is My Home

04
Dec

Get a little, give a little

Author: kris, Category: Charity, Holiday

We enter into the holiday season with merry faces and rain. The far-off hills mist over, remembering past holidays, and think to themselves, “Selves, how come we never do anything charitable at this time of year?” Or at any time, really. But the rain and the cold remind us of the homeless, the lonely, the discriminated-against, the bereft, and we wish to help them if we may.

In the spirit of holiday giving, I’m going to be posting some charitable endeavors here over the coming weeks which you, the red-nosed and jolly, may wish to take part in. ‘Tis the season, after all.

My first suggestion is simple: volunteer to run a donation drive for your office or school. This is a lot easier than it sounds. For example, the San Francisco Food Bank makes it very easy to run a food drive. They bring the empty food barrels to your office and pick them up at the end of the drive. They also provide you with flyers, posters and a guide on how to run things. Click here for details.

If running the drive yourself is too much work, consider contributing to someone else’s collection. For example, Toys For Tots has a toy drive ending 12/20. Post a few flyers around the office asking people to leave their donations at your desk, and plan to drive the toys to the drop-off location. You can see all the contact info for the San Francisco Toys for Tots location here.