Coins for Tots

Yes, definately. I misunderstood the question/poll to mean would you give a tot the actual valuable coin? I do give as gifts to kids Whitman starter folders with junk wheaties, and I have given ASEs to an adult as a gift, but a valuable coin to a tot? No. Sell a coin to give toys, clothes or food to the family of a tot, without hesitation. In fact, we just delivered gifts for our Adopt-A-Family. So, I completely misunderstood the question.

 

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I give clothing, food and other items to families who have run into some difficult times via loss of employment through, drug addiction, alcoholism, gambling or any number of ways to get their ass in a sling. The family is not at fault because their father or mother is a loser. With that said, I would never give away a valuable or semi-rare coin to a toddler. It would not benefit them in any way and most likely they would just hand it over to their dear old dad. It's not gonna happen, not on my watch!! Sorry OP but it's a terrible idea, better go back to the drawing board. :thumb:

 

You got it all wrong fretboard. I've explained it a couple of times already. Please read all of my posts.

 

When you put it in that context, the answer may turn into a yes. I hate to see neglected kids but c'mon my 1909 S VDB, nah just kidding I don't have one anyways. The hypothetical would have to become a reality. My brain don't want to stretch that far on a hypothetical.

 

2 more days left. What would you do. C'mon and vote.

 

If you had only ask how many would do this for education of a child the results would be almost 100%.
Our goverment has used it for years and wasted more money than any program ever.
But people will fall for it and pour big dollars into a failed system.

 

One more day. Get your vote in!

 

No. I don't think toys and presents are necessities. I don't believe in giving "strangers" non-essential items, because far too often they made (and continue to make) the wrong choices in life. It's not my job to bail them out or to buy their kids presents. Call me a grinch... I don't care.

If it were a relative's kid, well, I wouldn't need to sell a coin because I make sure to always have a big rainy day fund (again... it all comes down to what choices you make in life).

 

i would give it to them bu there is a choking hazard

 

Rather, you would liquidate it, then purchase the child an appropriate present.

 

Luckily I don't have to sell any coins , but if push came to shove I'd sell one of them to give some kids Christmas presents . I used to do the annual Motorcycle run for the Marines Toys for Tots , now I pick a name or two off the tree at Church and get them a few presents .

 

After looking at the vote I guess half of us feel as long as we're comfortable and well fed everyone else doesn't matter . To me that's a sad way to live life . I just hope you don't lose your job for an extended amount of time and then maybe your house . A lot of people are in need due to circumstances out of their control and anyone can be one of them .

 

Yes wins by 1 vote. No doubt the CT members are a mixed lot.

 

No,

Because I already fundraise and compete in running events to benefit toys for tots or similar organizations around the holidays. But the line has to be drawn somewhere (preferably not in my personal coin collection)

I hope i didnt sound greedy haha

 

Shucks i missed it, i woulda voted no.

 

You would draw the line at that one last kid?

 

Sorry I missed this Lonegun. My vote would have been NO.

There will always be...one more child...who won't receive a gift. There is no end to it. There are many other options before breaking into the collection.

Like many others who have posted, I give in many ways, at many other times of the year, in addition to the holiday season. For years our company adopted families every Christmas; we found out their needs, let our employees contribute to the child of their choice, then we loaded them up with groceries enough for two weeks. The employees did the delivering, got to meet the kids.

we did this in lieu of a Christmas party. We all got a better sense of the season.

Parting with something of a collection? Hardly enough to make the difference that is actually needed, elsewhere.

lucy

 

Oh, for lucy to say no I think I have been misunderstood. I tried to make the scenario clear, but I think I failed. The scenario I meant to create was you knew of one child (there may be many, but you only knew of one), all other resources had been exhausted and the only choice was to dip into the coin collection and liquidate something to purchase a gift for this single child or let the child go without a gift on Christmas.

I am sure some of those negative votes would switch to the positive. Nevertheless, I am glad Yes won out, even if only by one vote.

 

I know this will be very unpopular but....

What makes me sick is that the people who are "not poor enough" will never receive any attention. If I don't have a Xmas gift nobody cares, because I'm not "in need". I find this so unfair.

The same happens with health, food, housing, etc. The people in the middle never gets anything.

 

I like your polls-they're normally rather straightforward, but this one was phrased in such a way as to elicit responses which clearly show some, me included, did not understand the question you were trying to ask. I wouldn't infer anything from this poll, and perhaps try another based on some of the clarification you gave to responders.