A cause that is near and dear to my heart is children’s daycare. As a kid whose parents both worked, I needed a place to stay after school until about 6:30 every school day. Luckily for me, my parents could afford to pay the membership cost for me to stay at the Boys and Girls Club at my elementary school. I made a lot of friends and formed deeper connections with my classmates who also had to stay after school. It was an experience and a service that I feel every kid with a working parent(s) should be able to participate in no matter their family’s financial status. Therefore, the cause I would like to donate $25,000 to would be to financially assist families who need help paying for their kid’s daycare or afterschool programs.
After doing some research into which area nonprofits work in the childcare sector, I have found there are many childcare nonprofits.
The childcare nonprofit I would donate the $25,000 to would be to the Boys and Girls Club. I’m choosing to donate to the Boys and Girls Club because after my first hand experience being a member as a child myself, I can trust that they do a good job with kids. Boys and Girls Clubs have a good system that helps kids feel safe and comfortable. The staff back when I was there served as mentors and sort of second teachers to us. I remember learning a card game called Magic the Gathering from one of my counselors and me and my friends would play that game with eachother and the counselor a lot. I feel like they really cared if we were all happy and getting along as they kept a vigilant eye on us and made sure everyone was being friendly with each other at all times.
I would hope the money I would donate would go to the Boys and Girls Club financial assistance and discounts for qualifying families.