Something along this vein came up last night when a friend was over. There’s a particular activity she wants my daughter to get involved in, one that doesn’t have a lot of locations available, so she was arguing I should become a member of a private club to make it possible. Then a little while later she mentioned that a wealthy acquaintance had donated a big check to a charity whose mission was to enable poor city kids the ability to engage in this wonderful activity, and as a result his kid was able to take (paid) lessons during otherwise-free times at the charity. I looked at her and said: so, I could donate money to a charity whose cause I think is honorable, instead of giving that money to a private club…why wouldn’t I do that, instead? Same end result for us, but a better path for the money.
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