Charity: Do you donate?
- August 5, 2010 11:31 AM |
- By POV
Investor Warren Buffet at a conference at Georgetown University in Washington. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)
Canadian eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll has joined the list of wealthy families and individuals who have joined a campaign to give at least half their wealth to charity. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is working with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates to get other billionaires to donate most of their fortunes.
Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, decided in 2006 to give 99 per cent of his fortune to charity.
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While few Canadians are billionaires, many contribute to charities with financial donations as well as time. Tell us how you give back. Share your stories below.
(This poll is not scientific. It is based on readers' responses.)
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