Mass Humanist

Before we can focus on charitable acts toward our fellow humans, many of us will have to first ensure that our finances are secure.  PaymentBot is a free online tool to help you understand your debt payments. Across the United States, lots of people take out different loan products for their own personal use and [...]

So I was recently given Bill Clinton’s book “Giving“.  It was an interesting read on a number of levels, first it was cool to hear about so many people making good choices with their money, but perhaps more importantly I was reminded why Clinton was such a good politician. Yes, he talked a lot about his rich [...]

Wine is certainly one consumer good which leads itself well to charity.  I recently read the history of California’s Napa Valley and the annual Napa Valley wine auction was prominently featured.  This past year the auction made about 3 million dollars for two hospitals in the Valley and unlike other hospital chains which have become [...]

Most charities and not for profit organizations rely on the excellent will of donors and volunteers to be able to carry out their function. The financial turmoil that considerably from the world is hit by in recent times has, had a dramatic impact on charities who depend on donations as donors frequently see cutting back [...]

Clearly, just by looking at a few posts on this blog you can probably tell that a large part of Humanism is charity and working for the greater good. After attending a wine charity event, I was surprised to see how well the best wine club around was able to handle the huge flux of [...]

Every Decemember wine companies and especially those offering wine gift baskets start seeing exactly the same questions, are you able or willing to donate to our charity? For the average wine store, the answer is usually no.  Heck, often the local school district is asking their local wine store for a donation, after buying their [...]

One of the great things we can do as humans is to give to those in need.  Using a compound interest calculator we can see that even a modest endowment to a worthy charity can grow quite substantially. Deposit accounts and loan terms are extended over a span of time with monthly interest calculation periods. [...]

I was talking to my Austin Chiropractor a few weeks ago when he mentioned that he was taking the five hour drive to Mexico for the weekend.  I asked him where he was staying and why he was going, especting to hear about some amazing deer hunting, lake fishing, or beach spot to eat Lobster. [...]

I became a member of a cheap wine club the other night in a rather unusual way. I attended a charity event for my son’s school. Part of our ticket price included a brief, three pour wine tasting.  Of course, if you bought any additional pours during the event, or paid for a few bottles [...]

I recently attended a charity event which was put on by a wine company to help a local school.  The setup was fairly simple, we all paid a small fee for a ticket ($20 each) which supplied us with some hand passed appetizers fo the evening as well as a wine glass to take home. [...]