[Tax-chick]

My mom said that’s why she doesn’t contribute school supplies to her church’s collection anymore. The parents blow their money on high-end personal goods for themselves, and then beg for help for their kids.

[tbw2]

Mama has to have her hair done at $100 per months and nails done at $20 per but God help her, she can’t afford $50 for school supplies or $100 for hooked on phonics.

[Engedi]

Same here for me. They have a back pack & school supply drive for couple of the school districts. Reporters took pictures of these children and their parents who received the items; of course, the kids and parents had 200.00 tennis shoes, ladies had their manicures and pedicures, etc.

For Christmas drive, picture of a kid getting a coat while on his new snowboard his parents bought him..excuse me?

[cherry]

we should take care of our own kids first, our granchildren, our nieces/nephews etc...then perhaps the neighborhood kids you know have needs....

charity begins at home....sometimes we get so much into donations that we forget the ones nearest to us...