With the arrival of the charitable giving season tomorrow, making a conscientious effort to guarantee donations are being given to organizations that will dedicate a reasonable percentage of funding to donors’ intended purpose — the betterment of a specific societal concern — is essential to ensuring the most good is being done with one’s dollar. Those who would like to make sure their donations are not being wasted, should consider giving to local charitable organizations, whose appropriate use of funding can be easily ascertained by the amount of work they do in the community and the openness of their dialogues on how their funds are distributed.
Read the full editorial by the Shepherdstown Chronicle.