EDITORIAL CHARITIES NEED HELP TIME TO DIG DEEPER.THIS holiday season, with the economy in recession, there's plenty of people in need, but help is in short supply. Local charities report that their fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. is down considerably since Sept. 11. In part, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have because times are tight, and people have less money to give. And it's also because so many gave so generously in the wake of the terrorist attacks, they now have less to share. Compounding the problem is the fear of anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis contamination contamination /con·tam·i·na·tion/ (kon-tam?i-na-shun) 1. the soiling or making inferior by contact or mixture. 2. the deposition of radioactive material in any place where it is not desired. , which is causing many people not even to open up the charity appeals that come to their mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). . All of which suggests a crisis for the groups that help those who are most in need. Their desperation is a call to action to all of us who can to dig even deeper, and give even more to worthwhile charities. Giving need not be limited to money. We can also give our time or our talent. And, of course, charity begins at home, by tending to the needs of the sick or the poor in our own lives. 'Tis the season for the Valley to live up to its reputation as the City of Volunteers. |
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