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I would help Camp Goodtimes in Washington State by providing a week long summer camp for children affected by cancer. It costs $400,000 a year to produce the camp, $1,700 per child, and it's completely cost-free for the parents. They rely on donations every year to keep the camp going and this money would really help.
I would help with the recycling program in my community
Get people moving to recycle more. It's free in our community, but I think people need to be educated here to start caring about the environment!
Beautifying beaches and parks
I keep hearing about people in our community that are homeless sleeping in parks or camp sites. We need more resources in place to help these people.
Providing a warm meal to the homeless!
plant organic food to share
I was grocery shopping on Sunday and saw an elderly woman walking home with a shopping cart. There is so much that the world needs right now but I often find that the elderly get overlooked and ignored. I would definitely provide van/car services to take the elderly to and from the grocery stores to do their shopping.
Encourage neighbors to help neighbors.
I would help my community plant gardens, so people in poverty, low, and middle incomes could enjoy organic foods and feed them to their families!!!
Feed the homeless!
Recycle
One way to help would be to have more money go into local food banks. More and more people are getting cut from SNAP benefits because they make to much which is totally understandable. But then they struggle to make ends meet. I should know because that's what it's like for me. I do have a paying job but because I make enough I don't get much in SNAP benefits. Then with having to pay rent, cable and gas/electric. Plenty of times I find we are short each month on food. I work for what I do get believe me. I also dislike those who just abuse the system. So that's why more should be giving to Food Banks to help those in need. I myself only use them when I'm down to nothing in my house. I do not go every week or every month for that matter because I know there are others who could use it more
I would collect school supplies for needy children.
I would plant more trees. Tweeted as well