CHARITABLE GIVING

If thou art rich, then show the greatness of thy fortune; or what is better, the greatness of thy soul...support the distressed, and patronize the neglected.  Be great; but let it be in considering riches as they are, as talents committed to an earthen vessel.  Thou art but the receiver.

Laurence Stern.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all people you can, as long as ever you can.

John Wesley

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Nelson Henderson.

STATISTICS AND STUFF

In a recent survey by the Asso. of Life Underwriters of Washington, D.C., it was shown that for every dollar reaching the needy, the sick, the underprivileged child, and the aged adult, the cost of channeling it through the church is just eight cents, while the cost of channeling it through voluntary charitable organizations or the federal government is 27 cents and $3, respectively. 

Rev. Thoman R. Petty, quoted in His, May, 1976.