What? Wasn’t I supposed to chronicle my June donation and let you the reader have a say into where my monthly gift goes? Whoops.

But I did get some good suggestions from my previous post. My sister who volunteers with Amnesty International suggested I send some money their way. Hat tip to my brother-in-law who said the Khan Academy was a worthy cause with their free lessons in everything. A former classmate had a personal connection to the Vancouver Aquarium and another classmate thought a donation to anything related to the VPD would be timely after their service in our recent riot. (Found the Vancouver Police Foundation online but there wasn’t a way to give them money.)

In any case, I did make a donation to The Hero Initiative. They are a group that helps comic creators when they need emergency medical aid. The Hero Initiative provides “financial support for essentials of life and an avenue back into paying work”.

I’m not huge on comic books; I’m not even what could be defined as a casual reader. But I do pick up the occasional graphic novel and follow the Geekin’ Out podcast so I have a lot of respect for these artists. I also found it amusing that a group like this, a group that supports deserving people in need, this group wouldn’t need to exist in Canada.

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