QUOTE(I am me and only me @ Sep 18 2009, 11:46 PM)

QUOTE(Rob @ Sep 15 2009, 10:03 AM)

Offering an incentive for charity nullifies the charitable status. Which is why I feel faintly disgusted by things like the Orange Rock Corps.
Well I think it should be apparent that the general public doesn't give a rats ass about anything unless there's something in it for them.
There's always something in charity for everyone. If it's volunteering then you can look over what you did and think "Yeah, I helped do that" and if just something so simple as giving money you can see the effects of it on the lives of others.
Although I don't give money very often. Volunteering is actually far more beneficial to people than throwing money at them which is often siphoned into a bunch of unessential projects and tied up in various levels of bureaucracy. Especially in the mainstream charities.