6 Degrees Of Me

Today is the day that I have come to look forward to for a number of reasons. Today is payday. Getting paid is an obviously plus for the hours that I put in at work but it also great because it affords me the opportunity to give.

I know that I mentioned, when I first started donating, that I would eventually settle on two charities that I resonated with the most. As it were, I like finding new ones to donate to every week.

This week I chose the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. Also, I received a refund from my state taxes, and I took 10% out of that check, so this donation was larger than the others I’ve made. Why TASK? Well the college that I graduated from, formerly Trenton State College, located in sunny Ewing, NJ, was about a 15 minute drive from Trenton. I spent some time in the city, in those four years. At the time I was young and just wanted to have fun. The problems of poverty in the city were clear as day to me but I was “too busy doing my own thing”. I could have donated directly to my college but they don’t need the money like some of the folks in Trenton do. What I give is a pretty paltry sum but I have no doubt that the combination of gifts that TASK receives does a lot of good.

I decided on CCFA as my second charity after my stay at Barnabus Pavillion. I mentioned that Ramya’s best friend’s father was in the hospital at the same time as me. He’s actually still there. He’s had colitis for some time and has had some recent complications. What I just learned today is that crohn’s and colitis are separate but related diseases. I also thought that colitis was curable until I researched it a bit.

There was a kid named Bobbie Pearlman from my junior high that had Crohn’s. I remember that his face was extremely swollen and thinking back then, that Crohn’s made your face swell up. It wasn’t until I probed my mother about it that I found out that the swelling was due to the meds Bobbie was taking.

March 29th is here and gone. I’m looking forward to April 12th.

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