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No not really, we tithe at church though.

We tithe 10% of our income weekly to our local church & donate annually out of our tax return. We'd like to add St. Jude Hospital & Marriage Today Ministries to our monthly contributions.

We donate to a women's shelter (they actually served me, some years back!) that protects women in domestic violence/abuse situations (CVIC), the Harlem Children's Zone, the Nature Conservancy, and Heifer International. We prefer to control where our donations go, rather than just donating into a pot, like giving to our church. DH is atheist, but the girls and I attend the Lutheran Church. We also do donate there, just to help pay for what we use (i.e. the Pastor's time, electricity, heat, and whatnot). I think it is a great feeling to be able to further causes that you find important, and DH and I feel that it is something that we are obligated to do because we are fortunate enough to be able to.

Yes, to World Vision.

Yes, the MS (multiple sclerosis) society.

We donate monthly to a non profit pregnancy support center.

@Mrsbells: I just have to laugh a little "....start sunbathing regularly to...." Darn autocorrect!! LOL

Not currently but we would like to donate to an animal shelter/organization.

We give to our church regularly and give sporadically to other areas when we can. We have given to mission trips, orphan care, and different local ministries. I guess we give regularly to united way but that's more because my work gives us an extra day off at Christmas if we give a certain amount.

@Mrs. Confetti: When we do our annual budget at the beginning of the year (or end of year, i guess) we allocate a certain amount for the year and make our choices then. It sucks for any charities who come soliciting later in the year because we've made our decisions already.

I was donating monthly to the aspca. On hiatus until hospital bills are paid

DH has a little come off his check for united way, and then we donate throughout the year. Basically $20 to anyone who comes to the door asking (I can't say no) and then sponsor anything our friends/family participate, and I usually donate to the charity requested when someone I know passes away. We also donated a large sum to the Diabetes Association when we got married instead of traditional favours.

We tithe 10% at church, and I always make sure I carry coins around to give to (nice!) street collectors

No... but once we get our finances a little more organized and stable we really want to do the Compassion Child International and support a child. My family did that when I was little and I loved writing letters back and forth to the child we sponsored!

@grizz: aww!! I had no idea that was an option! How special! I want to do that

We tithe 10% of our income before taxes, and we donate monthly to World Vision.

We normally donate to charities during events we go to (few times a year) but no regular monthly donations. I also donate my time (professionally) throughout the year - normally a few thousand dollars worth of service.