Bridget Starts to Choose

I have now been participating in J.Team for 6 months and I think it has been an amazing experience to learn about how we can help the Jewish community. Recently, we have been analyzing the meaning of responsibility. Personally, I feel it is my responsibility to do as much as I can to help people or groups that are in need. J.Team has taught me how important this really is. As a group, we have visited organizations in need of financial help and learned about what their organization does for the community. Together we decide what we like and dislike about the charity and whether or not it is our responsibility to help them and if so how much we will give them. Lately, I have been discussing my responsibility to help others with my parents to get their opinion on my decisions. I learned that they feel it is their responsibility to donate to Jewish organizations because they feel a connection to the Jewish community. I completely support my parents' beliefs but I think that my responsibility is not only to donate to Jewish nonprofits but to donate to all charities that I think could make a huge difference in the world.

Trying to decide which nonprofits to donate to is an extremely hard and long process because we want to make sure we choose the charities where our donations will directly help their cause. Our whole group has put a ton of effort into selecting our nonprofits but I think I've made the right decisions and I can't wait to see how my choices will impact the community!