BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
First off, who said I was a Christian?
Far be it from me to accuse you of such a thing.
Well, aren't all of awful us liberals supposedly just a bunch of godless Commies?
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
Second off, you can cherry pick stats all you want, but that doesn't mean that you are right. For example, most of my donations are done because I care about the charity in question, not because I want a tax break. I didn't get a single penny for the several hundred hours I spent last year writing a marketing plan for a seniors organization here in Edmonton. Same goes for all their special events and board meetings I participate in. I also don't get a tax break because I bought some extra KD for the Food Bank bin at the entrance of Costco.
Last I checked, you can deduct your expenses as a volunteer and if you're this busy then perhaps you should.
In Canada, you cannot deduct expenses from volunteering.
Trust me, my wife is an accountant and she knows every loophole we can use to cut our taxes.
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
bootlegga bootlegga:
However, in case you want some stats, how about these numbers;
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Both the number of volunteers and the volunteer rate rose over the year ended in September 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. About
63.4 million people, or 26.8 percent of the population, volunteered through
or for an organization at least once between September 2008 and September
2009. In 2008, the volunteer rate was 26.4 percent.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htmMeanwhile, here in Canada;
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Almost 12.5 million Canadians or 46% of the population aged 15 and over, volunteered during the one-year period preceding the survey. The rate of volunteering is largely unchanged from the 45% reported in 2004. However, the number of volunteers has increased by 5.7% due, in part, to the increase in the size of the population aged 15 and older.
http://www.givingandvolunteering.ca/fil ... s_2007.pdfSo it sounds like you guys have a deeper pocketbooks, while we donate our time. I would argue that time is more valuable than money, simply because we have all have other priorities in life - be it family, work, school, whatever. After all, wasn't the US who criticized the Japanese for 'checkbook diplomacy' during the first Gulf War?
Oh yeah, here it is (still happening too);
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pac ... -woap.htmlThe disparity in volunteerism is along racial lines in the US. Whites volunteer more than any other group. The same can be said for Canada where whites are a larger part of the population. As immigration reduces the percentage of whites in Canada it'll be interesting if those Canadian values of volunteerism are imparted to the immigrants.
That's an interesting take. Given what I've seen in my volunteering days, you could be right, as the majority of the volunteers I know are white.
However, I don't necessarily think it's totally accurate, as there are several dozen minority run non-profits in Edmonton alone. The seniors organization I volunteer with just signed an MOU to help a visible minority transport its members around. I think the many minority NPOs generally tend to help out 'their own' and don't bother to associate with people from other demographics.
Still, it will be interesting to see if your statement is accurate a decade or two from now (makes mental note to check on it - but knows deep down I'll probably forget).
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