If you got $2500 to help someone as well as help yourself , What would you do?

I need new clothes, so I would find a person who also needed new clothes and we could go on a shopping spree together and then sit down for lunch or dinner and become good friends.

If it had to be a person, I'd say go to the streets and look around for people that have nothing and see what I could do to get food to them. Or, there are some families in the community that are what most would consider "poor". I'd go buy food for them see what their other needs were and help them. My money would go to buy food and to fix up my home which is in need of repair. It would be a nice little start. I'd really like to help the elementary school in the small community here. It's not a town. But they have trailers for class rooms. It's a small school and the community is growing much faster than the school. They need too much, sending notes home for the parents to buy everything for classes. They just can not afford the items. If I could help a community it would be this. Most, if not all of the money would go there if I had a choice. (even mine)

For me, the answer would be quite simple and straightforward. I will just donate half of the $2500 to charity association. And get half of it to pay my bills Nowadays, everyone seems to need money badly. I suppose it's because of the economy downturn and inflation due to food and crude oil price hike. I really hope I come across such interesting offer one day later

I would ask around at church from the deacons to see if there is someone who needs help. I know there is a lady who has medical problems, does not drive, is diabetic, and has to see the doctor quite often, but there could also be someone else. Is this just to help just one person? With the rest, that would be enough to finish paying for my Macbook PRO. I do love to write and I want to write anywhere.

I would buy my friend who lives in Ghana a plane ticket to come over to America. It has always been his dream.

I would take the first half and help my son out with some of his bills and encourage him, if there is any left to do something to help someone else. The second half, that is easy, since I am unemployed, I would pay off a couple of small bills. The person who came to me with the money would also get a big hug and thank you from me.

I think finding someone to give the money to will be easy as there are charities and organizations that need help all the time, be it an orphanage that may need a fridge, an old age home that needs a washer, or all the other small things which end up being huge like bills and food and clothing. My car also needs to be tuned and there are little nic naks around the house that need to be fixed but given a choice it would give a nice down payment on a course, one of those small ones a night or correspondence course in something that I enjoy, maybe learn another language or learn another area in IT or even a cooking or mechanics course, all of them will help with life and if it helps to get a better job that gives me a little extra cash or helps me save some more ( a friend of mine took a mechanics course and except for large things that require special machinery she does all her own repairs and saves a bundle) all the better.

I think I would take the money and buy food to take to the local food bank. Alot of people have finacial struggles now and need the help of food pantries. I might also give the money to my local electric coop to help out with anyone who might have trouble paying their electric bill.

No stranger would come forward with that proposaal. But known acquaintance or friend may come forward. If that happens, i will tell him/her that i will donate my portion also to poor and needy people and do that.