Anyone can write a check. Anyone can drop a dollar in to a donation bucket. But do you really see the rewards that your donations are going to help? Instead of (or in addition to) giving your money, give your time.

1. Why Giving Time
Beats Giving Money
Carl Turnley

2. $2,947
THE AVERAGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY
PER HOUSEHOLD
DONATED TO
CHARITY IN 2015

3. $373.25
BILLION
THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY GIVEN TO
CHARITIES IN 2015
TOTAL.
A 4.1% INCREASE
SINCE 2014

4. $57.19
BILLION
FOUNDATION
GIVING IN 2015.
A 6.5 % INCREASE
SINCE 2014.

5. THOSE NUMBERS
FROM NONPROFIT
TRUST
INDICATE THAT WE'RE
LIVING IN ONE OF THE
MOST CHARITABLE TIMES
THAT AMERICA HAS EVER
SEEN

6. VOLUNTEERING
NUMBERS, HOWEVER,
ARE DOWN
THE MARGINAL DROP IN HOURS
VOLUNTEERED INDICATES
WE'RE CONTENT WRITING A
CHECK INSTEAD OF SEEING THE
RESULTS

7. WE SHOULD BE
GIVING MORE TIME
AND WORRYING LESS ABOUT
TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT

8. WHEN YOU
VOLUNTEER YOUR
TIME, YOU...
GET TO SEE THE RESULTS FIRST-HAND
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE, HOW, AND WHO
YOUR EFFORTS ARE BENEFITTING
ARE TAKING REAL ACTION TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, OR THE
WORLD
DON'T RISK DONATING TO A SEEDY CHARITY
AREN'T TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT

9. WAYS TO DONATE
YOUR TIME
VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL SCHOOL
VOLUNTEER AT A FOOD BANK OR SOUP
KITCHEN
HELP BUILD, REPAIR OR IMPROVE THE
WELFARE OF HOMES IN YOUR AREA
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE CLOSER TO ENDLESS
THAN THEY ARE TO FINITE
VISIT VOLUNTEERMATCH.ORG TO FIND
PLACES AROUND YOU