Couldn’t sleep last night. Started thinking about this year’s charitable contributions. Some of the possibilities…
- Daughters of Hawai’i – Honoring Carlton. Don’t ask.
- The Asylum Foundation – enlightened self-interest.
- SOME – Really well run homeless outreach program in DC. A longtime favorite of mine.
- Culpepper Gardens. – Affordable senior housing in Arlington. Kind of a gratitude thing for me.
- Arlington Free Clinic – Because medical care is for everyone. Not just the elderly, well insured or wealthy.
- Arlington Food Assistance Center – another well run long-term favorite of mine.
- SideBySide – a recent entry to my list. This is a small LGBTQ+ support group for young people in the Richmond area.
- The Sierra Club – Of course.
- Texas Civil Rights Project. A new one for consideration this year.
- Food Pantry at St George’s. This is a very modest food pantry operation. We lived across the street from them for 5 years and they would always give Carlton coffee and a cookie when he stopped in to visit. So, I was always sure the pay them well for his coffee and cookies.
- One that I always liked a lot but am dropping this year because their “expenses” seem to be getting too high is the Women’s Bean Project. I hope I can see fit to support them again next year.
I am trying to be a good steward of the Bethany-Combs Lagniappe Fund. It isn’t easy.
What on earth do I do with this stuff? How many watch chains did a college boy need in the 1950s? Don’t think any are real gold. Pretty sure he had all of our gold junk checked and melted down into our wedding rings.
Best thing today – nice late summer (never mind that it is the 2nd week of October) dinner on the patio with my friends. Turkey burger and sweet potato fries.