Christmas Charity Appeal in the workplace

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I am tossing around the idea of asking the boss if we can do something for a charity this christmas. Lots of groups do chriskindle and I thought that if we forewent that this year and instead bought a gift for a child who otherwise mgiht not get anything might be better.

Has anyone done this in the workplace before? Any pro's/con's? any particular charity to choose?
 
We used to have a Vincent de Paul "giving tree" in our office , someone co-ordinates with them and makes tags for the tree that say "boy aged 10" "girl age 5" etc, everyone who is interested takes a tag and buys a gift for that age and the VdP distribute them. I always thought it was a really good idea.

I guess you need to be conscious that not everyone will have the spare cash
 
millieforbes said:
We used to have a Vincent de Paul "giving tree" in our office , someone co-ordinates with them and makes tags for the tree that say "boy aged 10" "girl age 5" etc, everyone who is interested takes a tag and buys a gift for that age and the VdP distribute them. I always thought it was a really good idea.

I guess you need to be conscious that not everyone will have the spare cash
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I think the minimum is €10 and most people here will have that but I would try make it as anonymous and private as possible so people who cant participate dont feel embarressed.
 
millieforbes said:
We used to have a Vincent de Paul "giving tree" in our office , someone co-ordinates with them and makes tags for the tree that say "boy aged 10" "girl age 5" etc, everyone who is interested takes a tag and buys a gift for that age and the VdP distribute them. I always thought it was a really good idea.

I guess you need to be conscious that not everyone will have the spare cash
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We do the same and basically people can give something if they want and if the can't/don't, there is no pressure on them. We do it at Easter as well for Barnardos with Easter eggs
 
+1 for the StVdeP Giving Tree.

+1 for any suggestion to do away with KrisKindle/Secret Santa/whatever and direct the spend to a deserving cause.
 
like Cubman I would also decline to donate to a denominational charity.
What about doing a food collection and then donating the food to a woman's shelter or a homeless shelter.
This way every penny spent actually goes to those in need.
 
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