"Maybe so." He didn't know what to think of the rich, not having been near wealthy himself nor any of his family. But even then, he thought, money was a complicated thing. All investing and spending and not spending. Using it for good deeds or not, there was nothing that made money simple.
His frown grows a bit as she continued. He could see why she downplayed it, and why she did it, if she was being completely honest. He'd never been wanting in that area. He'd never been poverty stricken or having to live in a car or even a runaway teenager. He tipped back the whiskey sour and made a face as the alcohol flooded through him.
"Actually maybe the whole thing is just bunk. I mean, here we are, complimenting each other on our charity, but at the end of the day, we get to go home. And it's all over the place, you know. There are newspaper articles and news programmes that focus on who volunteered what and who did what where. Like people need to be encouraged to do the right thing.
But really the focus should be on the people that need help. Instead of saying, oh three people volunteered at such and such shelter, it should be, such and such shelter is home to fifty transients and could always use more workers to help them on their way. These are some of the people there and their stories. Put the focus on the people in need and not the people smiling for the camera happy to have given out a Turkey leg or two for Thanksgiving."
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His frown grows a bit as she continued. He could see why she downplayed it, and why she did it, if she was being completely honest. He'd never been wanting in that area. He'd never been poverty stricken or having to live in a car or even a runaway teenager. He tipped back the whiskey sour and made a face as the alcohol flooded through him.
"Actually maybe the whole thing is just bunk. I mean, here we are, complimenting each other on our charity, but at the end of the day, we get to go home. And it's all over the place, you know. There are newspaper articles and news programmes that focus on who volunteered what and who did what where. Like people need to be encouraged to do the right thing.
But really the focus should be on the people that need help. Instead of saying, oh three people volunteered at such and such shelter, it should be, such and such shelter is home to fifty transients and could always use more workers to help them on their way. These are some of the people there and their stories. Put the focus on the people in need and not the people smiling for the camera happy to have given out a Turkey leg or two for Thanksgiving."