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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dollar1948, post: 658479, member: 17239&quot;]What a great way of anchoring the hobby, and engaging yourself in a fine organization at the same time.</p><p>A few months back i contacted the Canadian Division of the Scouts within my city to enquire about donating my hundreds of common dates &#039;doubles&#039; of Canadian coins (some were pre 1900) to the scouting organization to assist with this merrit badge.</p><p>They have a program called &#039;no child left behind&#039; in which various foundations and private donations sponsor kids whos families can&#039;t afford the accessorial charges to engage their kids 100% within all the scouting activities.</p><p>I thought what a great way of helping a kid obtain an interest in this hobby and being charitable at the same time.</p><p>The thing is they wouldn&#039;t accept the coins and distribute them accordingly to these targeted kids, but they provided me an address of a coin dealer who would buy the coins from me and they would then send the funds to the scouts themselves.</p><p>To me that idea missed the mark to what I was trying to obtain. Id much rather give them to a kid, than to a dealer who more than likely will profit from the whole transaction.</p><p>I did send them a $10 dontation in good faith however.</p><p>Regardless Im still sitting on these things and may try the cubs.</p><p>Do any of you think perhaps being charitable under my own terms like this may be a little self-serving and I should have sent them to this coin dealer?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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