People give tax write off charitable donations the most at the end of the year. I firmly believe we all have a civic responsibility to volunteer at places that light us up and to also give back some of what we make to organizations we care about. Here are 5 organizations that I love that if you have a few dollars you don’t want to pay taxes on come April you might consider donating to. Or even better yet…volunteering at during the rest of the year!

After all as my old boss Eric from the hot dog stand always says…THE GIVING IS THE GETTING!

Charity Water. One of my favorites, you can give away your birthday or just give away a few bucks to them. I have an exciting announcement about how MFWM will be involving Charity Water in its 2018 work in my next blog post!
Morongo Basin Humane Society. (Joshua Tree No-Kill Shelter.) I volunteer and donate at this animal shelter in Joshua Tree, California. There are many ways to get involved.
Equal Justice Initiative. We have a prison problem in America in that many are wrongfully convicted (and not given the chance to rehabilitate). These troopers try to get innocent and oversentenced people out. Powerful work.
The Alzheimer’s Association. My wife works there and I volunteer there so kinda have to include haha! But for real it’s the 6th leading cause of death in America, the only one in the top 10 with no cure/way to slow it down, and it’s way more of a terrible disease than the perception that “you get it when you are old, forget a few things, and pass away peacefully in your sleep.” It’s not the truth.
Buddy Up. How about a feel good way to give back?! These guys are all about it and it still is my wife’s favorite volunteer outing I think ever!

Hope this gets you excited about where your giving dollars are going and maybe some new ideas about fun places to volunteer at!

To Your Health,

Mike

Mike Rudd