Need to Know of Small Charities I am Looking to Help

[guido911]

Good post Artist and I hope I wasn't pressuring you by calling you out earlier. What you did is your special way of giving back. I think many of us still remember what you did for the Tulsa Extreme Home Makeover project.

As cool as it would be to see the facial reaction of those I try to help, I have always wanted to be anonymous. That way, the folks I try to help are left with a faceless person. The hope is that the donee will be left with an impression that it could have came from the person: in front of them in line at the grocery store, behind them at church, or even that driver who is driving well below the speed limit in the fast lane who people give the finger to. Something about making people a little nicer to one another.

Anyone remember the Old MASH episode where Winchester donated candies to an orphanage as a Christmas gift? He wanted that gift to be anonymous. Here's what I can find (summary):

He [Winchester] followed his family's tradition by giving the local orphanage a large supply of candy for Christmas, insisting that the orphanage director not tell anyone who donated it. Upon learning that the director had sold the candy instead of distributing it among the kids [saw MASH camp soldiers were eating that candy], Charles was at first outraged, but the director explained that the candy would have only given the children pleasure for a day; the real value was the month's supply of staple foods it could pay for. Charles, ashamed at his nearsightedness, acknowledged that it was "sadly inappropriate to offer dessert to a child who has had no meal". Klinger, overhearing the exchange, saved for Charles the last of the camp's holiday fare, and told Charles warmly "the source of this food must remain anonymous."

That scene closed with the following exchange (IIRC):
Major Winchester:  "Thank you, Max."
Corporal Klinger:    "You're welcome, Charles."

It was touching because normal gruff Winchester flatly ignored Klinger's obvious breach of military custom and courtesy when he called Winchester by his first name.

That episode sticks out to me every year at Christmas time. Maybe that's what started this anonymous stuff.