In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) I have stuffed cash in donation boxes, contributed to a church donation drive, participated in a bake sale and bought tickets to a fundraising dinner.
And all this has brought up two issues:
1) Why do we so often need an incentive (in this case, cakes and dinner, but also things like people absailing and doing marathons etc) to contribute to a cause?
and
2) Can making children participate in charitable sponsorship activities (e.g. sponsored walks) be harmful?
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