Charity and Poor Relief

Hey Everyone,

The topic I am discussing for today is reflecting on charity and poor relief in the United States and what role it should be playing.

Charity and poor relief in the United States is something we are always aiming to fix. Around Christmastime, especially since the holiday season is just around the corner, you see the salvation army collecting money to give to the poor. This is one of the ways I've noticed that we help give for people to have at least a decent Christmas. The holiday season is the season where we see the most giving back.

The role charity and poor relief should have in our society should be bigger than just once a year kind of thing. I think that people definitely need to make more of an effort to make this a bigger deal than it is. I feel as if we only do this whole charity thing at Christmastime to make up for when we didn't do it before. If we pushed charity more during the rest of the year maybe we wouldn't be so annoyed with the Salvation Army's bell ringing.

We should be doing more about giving back to the poor and giving charity because it makes us more humble. You don't hear too many stories about the good of people. I don't remember if I ever shared this story, but one of my favorite celebrities, Harry Styles, did an incredible thing. He was in Los Angeles and he bought $2000-$3000 worth of pizzas. He drove around the entire day handing out pizza to the homeless. To me, more people should be like that because it shows that their intentions are purely good. It wasn't the press or even him that said that, it was a friend of his.

Giving back more than just around the holidays is something that we should look into. Give to the Salvation Army on St. Patrick's day for a change. Volunteer in May. Donate food in January. Christmas seems to be our prime donation time, but giving back is something that needs to be instigated year round.

Until Next Time,
~Amanda