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I voted for schools since I feel like over the years I have given so much time as well as 'things' to the teachers, classrooms, PTO etc. But I will say that Charities is also at the top of the list for me and I should put a vote in for that as well. Our School PTO created a Giving Tree and ran it for 3 or 4 years? We gave a gift of a toy, clothing and treat and wrapped it to every foster child in our city. We also ran food drives, clothing drives, and helped our Spanish Center and Shalom Center.
Personally I give as much as I can in the way of clothing to our Urban Outreach center's clothes closet where they help those in need without charge. I like the fact that they give the clothes out.

I use to give household to our local St. Vincent De Paul until the last time when in front of my husband they through a nice piece of furniture we donated in the garbage bin. It was a higher end piece for a large T.V. to sit on with two doors and shelves under it. One door was missing which didn't show to much. Or they could take the other door off to match. Otherwise it was in good shape. They saw the missing door and out it went. I was so angry when my husband told me they just tossed it out. After some of the old junk I have seen in their store that they have accepted and then not accept something still in decent shape. Well, I have not sent anything over there since. Goodwill or Purple Heart gets our things now.