The Giving Pledge

Very cool. I would love to be in the position to give away that much money! Kinda fun to daydream about---

Very cool. I would love to be in the position to give away that much money! Kinda fun to daydream about---

Yes it is Jdarg!! We play that game every time we buy a lottery ticket - all the wonderful things one could do.

To Charlie Rose - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates!!

Thanks for the thread!

Me too. So let's play. If we could give away lots of money, what would we do? I'll start:

I would find a way to teach every person in this country to read.

Me too. So let's play. If we could give away lots of money, what would we do? I'll start:

I would find a way to teach every person in this country to read.

I would find a way to make every school successful in moving every child to their highest potential. Schools where teachers, parents, students, and administrations are all working for the same goals.

I need a LOT of money. My wish of course assumes money can fix everything!

Very cool. I would love to be in the position to give away that much money! Kinda fun to daydream about---

It is quite fun to play titan - one of my plans during the private/public beach debate was to have Scooterbug Inc. buy up lots south of 30-A and donate the land as public beaches/accesses.

Another was to buy several large acreages and have public gardens that donated a certain amount of the produce to the school lunch program.

It is quite fun to play titan - one of my plans during the private/public beach debate was to have Scooterbug Inc. buy up lots south of 30-A and donate the land as public beaches/accesses.

Another was to buy several large acreages and have public gardens that donated a certain amount of the produce to the school lunch program.

Scotterbug, there is a program that does that...The Trust for Public Land -- The Trust for Public Land--Conservation and Parks for People.. I worked as a consultant for them for awhile; and then when I moved to Sowal, I brokered the donation/sale of the lot just to the west of the boardwalk at Grayton, through the TPL, so that the County could use it as a part of the Grayton park land; we did another at Lake Stallworth, http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=11360&folder_id=250beachfront that is adjacent to Topsail. There are lots of people in Florida and throughout the country who have done just what you thought about. Cypress Gardens resort was also worked that way when they were going under. It is a great program. Another organization that does similar projects is the Nature Conservancy.

I wuld teach all us elderly tards how to text.
That's after giving a great education to all children, with a focus on gramma. ;-)

Me too. So let's play. If we could give away lots of money, what would we do? I'll start:

I would find a way to teach every person in this country to read.

Buy up ever stretch of private property along the south side of scenic 98, raze every building, plant seagrass, and reclassify it all as environmental preserve.

..and if I had any money left over, I'd do 30-A too, starting with dune allen.

Buy up ever stretch of private property along the south side of scenic 98, raze every building, plant seagrass, and reclassify it all as environmental preserve.

I like it!

I like it too.

I wuld teach all us elderly tards how to text.
That's after giving a great education to all children, with a focus on gramma. ;-)

this is proof that it doesn't always take lots of $$ to spread laughter & happiness.

Since I haven't won the lotto yet (really should start buying tickets) I have been playing philantropist on a smaller scale through Kiva's microloan program.

It's quite interesting to see what people can do with a small loan ($25 is the recommended amount). They repay it with interest, so I just keep redonating the money.

this is proof that it doesn't always take lots of $$ to spread laughter & happiness.

That is so true. While it would be nice to have millions to give away, as long as you give as much as you can, sometimes that can be a higher percentage of what you have than someone that has the millions.

Since I haven't won the lotto yet (really should start buying tickets) I have been playing philantropist on a smaller scale through Kiva's microloan program.

It's quite interesting to see what people can do with a small loan ($25 is the recommended amount). They repay it with interest, so I just keep redonating the money.

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I like the Kiva program too.

CARE is another organization where you can support a village and follow their successes and uses of the donated money. We chose a couple villages to support from Join MY Village:
Join My Village

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We have a niece who is associated with this nonprofit. She visits the villages from time to time.



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