Christinas' Finest Writings

Archive for April 30th, 2011

There are lots of charities out there, and when I recently went looking for one to support I was overwhelmed by the different choices and opportunities available. In order to decide on the group that I would eventually help out, I set out to craft a list of the issues that were most important to me and narrow them down based on the criteria that was most important to me.

The first category that I was most interested in was helping fell under the children’s charities. Now this is a very busy area as well, there are charities to feed the children, teach them, protect them, etc. I soon realized that I would need to narrow things down some more.

The next set of criteria that I was interested in looking at was children that were the most desperate and most in need of assistance. This proved to be a tough thing to do as it is very hard to say one group of children is less needy than the next. But I had to figure out this in order to feel good about my contribution.

After all of my hard decisions I decided to work with a young man named Matt Dalio. Matt Dalio founded China Care, a foundation that works with orphans in China who require specialized medical care. What drew me to Matt Dalio and his foundation was the worthiness of the cause, and the dedication of his foundation to the cause. Unlike many charitable organizations where a large percentage of donations go to administrative costs, salaries, and special perks at fundraising events,Matt Dalio’s China Care Foundation puts nearly every dollar of donations straight towards aiding orphans with only the minimal required amount covering absolutely required administrative costs.