Obligation to Volunteer

I despise the guilt that is inflicted upon me if I DON’T help out a charity or organization…
Everywhere you go, someone is asking you to “add $2 to your bill for kids” or “spare change for camps” even “blood, it’s in you to give”
No…Blood is in you to LIVE!
Now, I’m not against helping people…In fact, I wish I could help every single person on this crazy, spinning, blue rock we call Earth…
However, I cannot…
For one, I have neither the money, nor the resources to do that…
I don’t live “paycheck to paycheck” but I live pretty damn close…So I can’t afford to help others, because if I gave all my money to charities, then I’d need to use those charities to live…Basically taking back the money I just donated. So, I keep it for myself…Sometimes…
I say sometimes because I do make donations every once and a while…But, I do it usually because I’m made to feel guilty if I don’t.
If I’m standing at a cashier, paying for a pack of gum, and a loaf of bread and I’m asked “would you like to donate a dollar to kids?” A large majority of the time I’ll say “sure” because I feel that if I don’t, not only with the cashier look upon me with contempt…But the people in the mine behind me will think “oh, he can afford gum, but can’t spare a dollar to help kids…”
These are the actual thoughts that go through my noodle…
I also dislike that I’m never 100% sure where the money is going…I don’t know if my dollar ACTUALLY goes to needy kids, or if 20 cents goes to the kid, and 80 cents goes to the new truck for the organization to drive around in, telling you how much more money they need…
So I donate when I can…As EVERYONE should…But try and find out where the money actually goes.
However, people need to stop fucking guilt tripping me into it! (I’ve got a chant for it: Don’t obligate to donate…Don’t obligate to donate)
And to the blood banks…You’re not doing a good job in making people think you’re NOT run by vampires, when you hound me for my crimson life fluid…I’ll donate when I’ve got the time…You’re the ones who want MY blood, work around MY schedule…

And finally, if you’re NOT an organ donor…What the hell man?!?!
You’re DEAD…You don’t need your liver, kidneys, lungs, spleen or eyes!
Don’t give me any “religious belief” bull shit…Religions teach “helping people” so help people who need the stuff you are no longer using during your dirt nap.