Is there data on differences in the nature of volunteer activities? That is to say, volunteering and giving to organizations and doing activities that are altruistic in a traditional sense. Say, food and clothing drives and being on the giving end of the important materials. Versus, giving or volunteering for an organization that is really a government funded ethnic interest/activist group whose activities involve expropriating wealth and thus further reducing the ability of whites to engage in truly altruistic charity.
I think that would be interesting to see. Long ago, when family members were sane and their churches were still Christian, they openly discussed how drastically tithing declined as a result of The Great Society and the massive expansion of the welfare state. Sadly, those same people and churches have been possessed by the demons of The Regime. Great research. Thank you.
I looked into trying to find individual data on the continued success or failure of clothing drives in particular, but unfortunately it is either not out there or I was unable to find it. Much of what I was able to find was "proxy" data for this stuff around church activities, or secular activities of the same nature organized by local school groups (soccer moms!). There is some data from groups like Cradles to Crayons (run by a lovely White woman), which focus solely on providing clothing to children, who have data that 2-5 American children are "clothing insecure" meaning their families do not have disposable income for clothing. But no data on whether clothing insecurity has gotten better or worse let alone if more people are involved.
What we know for sure is that as regions diversify volunteering among Whites begins to drop, rapidly (UoM study), and charitable giving among Whites drops sharply (2016 study). So I am sure it is having a far greater effect on the non-state volunteer sector. Putnam continues to be correct: civil society is dying.
Is there data on differences in the nature of volunteer activities? That is to say, volunteering and giving to organizations and doing activities that are altruistic in a traditional sense. Say, food and clothing drives and being on the giving end of the important materials. Versus, giving or volunteering for an organization that is really a government funded ethnic interest/activist group whose activities involve expropriating wealth and thus further reducing the ability of whites to engage in truly altruistic charity.
I think that would be interesting to see. Long ago, when family members were sane and their churches were still Christian, they openly discussed how drastically tithing declined as a result of The Great Society and the massive expansion of the welfare state. Sadly, those same people and churches have been possessed by the demons of The Regime. Great research. Thank you.
P Lux,
I looked into trying to find individual data on the continued success or failure of clothing drives in particular, but unfortunately it is either not out there or I was unable to find it. Much of what I was able to find was "proxy" data for this stuff around church activities, or secular activities of the same nature organized by local school groups (soccer moms!). There is some data from groups like Cradles to Crayons (run by a lovely White woman), which focus solely on providing clothing to children, who have data that 2-5 American children are "clothing insecure" meaning their families do not have disposable income for clothing. But no data on whether clothing insecurity has gotten better or worse let alone if more people are involved.
What we know for sure is that as regions diversify volunteering among Whites begins to drop, rapidly (UoM study), and charitable giving among Whites drops sharply (2016 study). So I am sure it is having a far greater effect on the non-state volunteer sector. Putnam continues to be correct: civil society is dying.
Thank you for the added clarity.