Sunday 19 August 2018

Doing Good With The Wildcat Foundation

By Virginia Bailey


As any good cynic or realist would say, the world is not fair. It never has been and likely never will be. It is a talking point that will be repeated over and over again, ad infiniteum. That is just the reality of the situation. Good people get struck down every day for no good reason, while bad people continue on being allowed to exist. The bad are able to prosper, but the good are left to wallow. That is not always the way of the world, but it is certainly prevalent enough that it can seem that way. But there are always those who seek to level the playing field, those who seek to lend a helping hand, those like the Wildcat foundation.

The organization is a charitable institution. In fact, it is registered as such. Which means that any donations made to the organization can be deducted off of taxes.

And that help is their entire reason for existing. They are needed. Not every school is going to have the same level of funding. A school with more money is going to be able to educate its student better than one whose budget is in the red.

Now, the reason that such an organization is needed is simple. Because the ground on which students stand is uneven. This leads to those being born into privilege having better education and extracurricular activities than someone who was not born into similar circumstances. These circumstances will generally include the school itself, as some are better funded than others, which leads to the pupils at that particular institution being able to excel more than their counterparts at places with a little bit more struggle in their makeup.

Now, while it does provide extra funding to some schools, the real beneficiaries are the students. The programs that it pays for are going to go a long way to helping a child better develop into a fully formed person. This extra development may translate to a greater level of success later in life.

It offers help by using money. That is what makes the world go round. They collect donations to fill up their endowment. Then they empty their coffers to various schools who have projects that need funding that their budgets can no longer provide for.

People volunteer for various reasons. For some, it is a requirement, penance for some crime that they committed in the past. For others, it is public relations, a task that makes them look good towards other people. Then there are the legitimately virtuous, those who render their time and labor for free because they simply care so much about the cause they are working for.

Donations can and should be made. The aid that they offer would be much more difficult to render without them. Now, donations can be made in the name of someone else, or in the memory if someone who is deceased.

The thing about people is that they have wants and needs. They have dreams. But not everyone is going to get to live their dreams. Some will fail in their attempt to do so. Others will never get the chance at all. But there are some out there who are trying to create opportunities for everyone.




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