Oprah Gives Audience Members Debit Cards

**Darlene** · 10-30-2006, 03:44 PM

Not to spend on themselves but others.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/30/D8L33HD80.html

"People can give the entire sum to one person _ relatives aren't eligible _ or they can split it among charitable causes."

What would you do with it?

**celina** · 10-30-2006, 04:34 PM

i'd go to the grocery store here (no frills) and wait at the end of the line...and pay the grocery bills of anyone with children or seniors.....
i'd be the happiest....

**Katybird** · 10-30-2006, 04:53 PM

I would take the entire $1000 and give it to the local Children's Aid Society for Christmas gifts for the children that are there at Christmas. They often do not get anything for Christmas and to be able to add some cheer for them on Christmas would be a joy for me.

**FrugalMomof3** · 10-30-2006, 05:09 PM

For me I would give it to the Philadelphia Children's Hospital so all the Children to get something to cheer them up and let them know that there are Angels amongst us.

**MarshHen** · 10-30-2006, 06:18 PM

I would give it to our elderly neighbor who lost his wife 2 weeks ago. They have no burial insurance.

**autumnlynn** · 10-30-2006, 06:23 PM

I would give it to our local women's shelter. It's a shelter for abused women and their children. They help get them back in the work force and start life anew.

**brainyblonde** · 10-30-2006, 08:00 PM

I would give $500 to the local food bank and $500 to the local domestic violence shelter.

**emily_hope** · 10-30-2006, 09:08 PM

What a great thing for Oprah to do. She comes up with some neat ideas. I don't know what I would do...

**Cele** · 10-30-2006, 09:31 PM

I would choose 10 elderly widows/widowers from the community and be their secret Santa.

Cool idea!

**AmyMCGS** · 10-30-2006, 11:02 PM

With half, I would buy things for the residents at the nursing home where I work.

I'd donate the other half to my favorite charity: ChemoAngels.

**nuisance26** · 10-31-2006, 10:27 AM

~See, this just ticks me off. I just don't think money is the answer. You may make someone smile or be grateful, but that's not happiness. Time with someone is what is appreciated, being remembered and loved. Personally, I'd be more grateful to the person who held my hand for an hour as I cried then the person(or company in this case) that gave me $1000.I'd always think that person was trying to buy my attention, respect or love.A true gift is the gift of yourself.~

**Jeanna** · 11-01-2006, 08:49 AM

I know of 2 people in our town who have lost their house to fire in the last few days so I would split it between them.

**northernmom2boys** · 11-01-2006, 02:07 PM

I hope everyone does something honest with the money and doesnt just say give it to a friend and then split it with them.I know its a sad way to think but the way the world is today you never know.

**Dixie** · 11-01-2006, 02:20 PM

I would donate to my church and their many outreach programs-food bank, benevolence fund, English as a second language classes, day care, etc.

**Michelle** · 11-01-2006, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by northernmom2boys

I hope everyone does something honest with the money and doesnt just say give it to a friend and then split it with them.I know its a sad way to think but the way the world is today you never know.

They're supposed to document what they did with the money using a videocamera--she gave those out to everyone too.

I know of a family in town that lost their home to a house fire a couple of months ago, and I would give some to them and some to cancer research.