Five Reasons Why Giving to Charity is Important

Giving your time and effort to charity has its obvious benefits, but it can be equally rewarding for you too. Whether it’s by supporting a local charity, organizing an event or participating in a fundraiser, giving back has its benefits.   Here are five reasons why giving to charity is important.

Shows your personal values:

Charity is selfless work. When you contribute to charity, you are setting your own needs aside for the good of someone else. You show your humanity to others by offering them the help they need.

Impacts others:

The most obvious perk – charitable work helps better your community, and the public will notice if you are making a real effort to improve its surroundings. Your charity work could help improve schools, giving children safe places to learn and play.  You can also choose to donate to a local nonprofit organization – the opportunities are endless and extremely beneficial.

Philanthropist Thomas Kane prefers giving back to organizations that will help individuals with their education goals through scholarships, etc.  As such Thomas Kane of Merrill Lynch is a supporter of a number of local causes, and he helps advocate and raise money for organizations around Chicago including Friends of the IDF, the 100 Club of Chicago, Jewish Federation of Chicago, and the Western Golf Association Evan’s Scholars program, among others.

Inspires the next generation:

Children need to learn values from a small age.  Teaching them to give back is one of the best ways to educate them for the future, and as an example to help each other. If philanthropy is instilled in them from a young age, they will likely carry those values into the future and continue to donate.

Makes you feel good:

Unless you’ve experienced making an impact for yourself, you cannot fully understand the positive effects of giving back.  Not only does it help the person in need, it raises your own spirits and gives you a sense of accomplishment at the same time.   When you help others, it returns a good feeling back to you.