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Volunteering

Elevate Oregon

Discussion with DCG black guy after presentation

Travel

Actually, it looks like it would be deductible (and thus eligible for matching by Intel), as long as you're “working” for most of the time. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-you-deduct-expenses-volunteering-charity.html

Travel expenses are one of the most common deductions by volunteers. These include: • air, rail, and bus transportation • car expenses where travel is done by car • taxi fares or other costs of transportation between the airport or station and hotel • lodging costs, and • the cost of meals.

Example: Betty is a troop leader for a tax-exempt youth group and helps take the group on a camping trip. Betty is responsible for overseeing the setup of the camp and for providing adult supervision for other activities during the entire trip. Betty participated in the activities of the group and enjoyed her time with them. She oversaw the breaking of camp and helped transport the group home. Betty can deduct her travel expenses.

Donations

It's ok to receive something personally for what you gave, but the fair market value is not deductible.

Todo: See what Intel's policy on matching is.

Seems to be they'll only match the non-deductible part, which makes sense. But in the context of volunteering / mentoring, what is non-deductible? intelemgpguidelinesfaqs2019.pdf

Programming ?

Programming mentoring, kinda similar to Saturday Academy ASE. http://nullprogram.com/blog/2016/09/02/

Cool Sunset High School summer camp led by Jason Galbraith and PSU folks: https://sites.google.com/site/shsgalbraith/non-class-pages/nw-advanced-programming-workshop. http://nwapw.org/

Why do it?

Fix home stuff

Home Plate Youth Services and Rebuilding Together Washington County

Competitions

Poor Economics

Just give them more money! Sort of…

You want to disincentivize the free-riders on one side and help those who work hard but can't quite make enough to get by. Unfortunately, the gray in the middle is difficult to slice up.

Read the book / watch class from MIT on Poor Economics.

Comments on YCombinator say the problem isn't money, <other typical stuff>, it's corruption! People stealing your stuff and money!

Another option is Development_as_Freedom by Amartya Sen

Foreword

This book would not have been written but for the kindness of the people we met <in poor areas>. We were always treated as guests even though, more often than not, we had just walked in.

<Poor are barely different from the rich in wants/desires> Precisely because they are poor…they have to be sophisticated economists just to survive!

Ch 1+

A few things have helped the field tremendously:

Short people are short generally because of malnourishment. 2nd generation asian immigrants to the USA are much taller, with no breeding with US genetics.

Poor people aren't hungry for lack of food, generally. They tend to spend addtl. money

Irvine / Orange County

Tutor Students

Muffin Ministry

UPDATES:

  1. You can submit requests to share about MM throughout Newsong HERE. That team determines the best means and platforms to share what's happening at Newsong with the best audiences. I have talked with Rey that really the best promotion is organic - a friend telling a friend who tells a friend. That's how a lot of causes gain energy and momentum at Newsong. Because there's SO much going on at Newsong (cause, events, groups, meetings) our team has to make the hard decisions of what gets shared with who and when. Therefore, that word of mouth is really most powerful.
  2. I would ask that your ENTIRE MM team read the book Toxic Charity. In fact, if you do, Newsong will reimburse you for reading the book. I would also connect you with a Cause Coach to walk your team through what you're reading in the book to help you process it. It's a really important book about how so many of the things we do are actually hurtful to “those in need” instead of transformational. We've already had about 20+ cause leaders at Newsong read this book and it's changing the way we think here.
  3. Connect with Shevawn Ramsey (mrswumbe@yahoo.com) about your team participating in the next book club monthly meetings for Cause. They will start meeting again in September and are reading/discussing When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself.