Where Bloggers Live: Donation to Charity

Welcome back to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live! I am lucky to have joined a terrific group of bloggers who give a peek into the places and spaces where they spend their time.

Today's topic is...If I Could Donate $100,000 to Any Charity, Which One and Why?

I actually have two immediate responses to this, one practical and one emotional.

My practical charity choice: The Nature Conservancy. I fully support the outcomes they are working toward and the methods that they use to achieve them. And they do work on a global scale for which a $100,000 donation could find ready and important use. I have made (much smaller) donations to them a number of times over the years.

I asked Google's AI whether The Nature Conservancy is a good charity, and this is what it said:

My emotional charity choice: House Rabbit Resource Network, an animal shelter/charity north of Austin, TX that is "dedicated to improving the lives of domestic rabbits through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and education." This is the organization from which we adopted our beloved Kate & Leo, the terrific mini rex rabbits that turned me into the bunny-obsessed person you all know on this blog! My husband spent time volunteering as a rabbit cage-cleaner/rabbit petter for one of the women fostering bunnies (around 30 of them, if I recall correctly). I will always be grateful to HRRN for introducing me to the wonderful world of rabbits, and I appreciate the care and support they showed Leo at the end of his life.

Leo (front) & Katy (back)

Every year, at our request, my mother-in-law makes donations to this organization for Christmas and birthdays (supposedly in lieu of other gifts but she still surprises us with things like the rabbit quilt I've shown you), and we get photos of the rabbits that the donation is sponsoring. I have a wall of our past sponsored rabbits around the calendar in our kitchen area. Here are the bunnies her gift is supporting this year.

My actual charity choice: House Rabbit Resource Network

I like to donate money to HRRN every year, and while writing this post, I realized that I hadn't done so for 2025! So while my donation was $500 instead of $100,000, this post did inspire me to follow through on an actual donation. Thanks, Bettye, for choosing this interesting and motivational topic!

Thanks to everyone for joining me today for a quick overview of where I'd donate $100,000 (or $500) to charity.

Next month's topic is Life's Little Miracles...which is a joyful and optimistic theme that provides a sense of gratitude and hope that the world needs more of right now.

In the meantime, visit these lovely bloggers as they share about the charities they would support:

Bettye at Fashion Schlub

Daenel at Living Outside the Stacks

Em at Dust and Doghair

Jodie at Jodie’s Touch of Style

Leslie, blogger emeritus at Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After

Iris, always in our hearts, from Iris' Original Ramblings

Now to you: what charity would you pick for a $100,000 donation? How about a $500 donation?

Blogs I link up with are listed here.