Heralds of Change

"Indeed, America philanthropy now surpasses $300 billion per year, or roughly the size of the entire economy of Norway." That is astounishing. With the way our economy is operating today, it is amazing to see that helping others is still a priority to our society. Being a broke college student, I still try to do my part to help others. While I used to volunteer at the local YWCA, I had to stop because they closed the program due to lack of funding, which is truly a shame because most of the kids needed the extra help with homework and the childcare while their parents were still at work. I went shopping the other day and there were non profits lined all over the mall. I donated 5 bucks to Women in the Work Force because obviously I willbe apart of that some day. CauseWired provided a lot of examples of philanthropy still thriving, whether online or not, and it was really refreshing to see that it still exsists. While it seems that most of the donors are famous billionaries, other non money grubbers are doing their part as well. Hopefully, Americans and people all over the world can keep up with this trend.