How To Use Charity In A Sentence

Most often, this implies a life on city streets begging, panhandling, petty theft, and using charity and soup kitchens close to the drug source.
The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
Benedict, put simply, is living out what he spoke of in Deus Caritas Est, which is true charity: Can we simply exclude them, as representatives of a radical fringe, from our pursuit of reconciliation and unity? Ecumenism
Dot and I took some manchets about the manor to sell for charity, although she did all the talking.
Vanessa raised hundreds of pounds for the charity by playing requests in exchange for donations to the appeal.

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Cash will be the vital ingredient as celebrity chefs cook up a special fundraising treat for charity.
The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work.
The Year 9 mentors are trained by children's charity Childline and run lunchtime support clubs as well as a drop-in centre where younger students can call in for advice or help.
There she goes again with that faith, hope, charity, and creativity twaddle.
Whether you ride a moped or a Honda, a scooter or a vintage Hog, the organisers of the annual North Coast Children's Motorcycle Toy Run want you to join the ranks raising money for charity this weekend.
With no money and hand-me-down charity, they still manage to look 100 times more chic and svelte than the rest of us.
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
The Kensington High Street rag reckons chuggers—paid workers who stop you in the street and persuade you to give over your bank details for charity—are well on their way out.
Giving money to charity in your will is another handy way to sidestep the taxman. Times, Sunday Times
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The charity added that birds that no longer performed had their necks wrung. Times, Sunday Times
This charity aims to help people to help themselves.
In contrast, Princess Sirindhorn, his sister, enjoys a saintly image as a patron of charity.
His stunt mimics magician David Blaine's attempt to survive 72 days in a glass box above London but Michael decided he would use the idea to raise cash for charity.
The charity also revealed it had cost £27,500 to kennel the dogs since they were confiscated in October, 2003.
Problem is, they're too busy raising money for charity or building an electric bike to care that their dad is holding out an olive branch. The Sun
Yorkshire folk turned prickly yesterday after a wild flower charity announced that the common harebell had replaced the white rose as the county's floral emblem.
The charity also needs volunteers and furniture, clothes and food.
Would you like to make a donation to our charity appeal?
Off to the Charity Ball is a firm favourite, with its livid pastels against bright white, the skulking figures throwing dark, tactile shadows onto the projecting shelf below.
The charity aims to relieve poverty and distress caused by natural disasters.
Did Charity lure him into her sticky web? The Sun
Moreover it seems to me atrocious that we who insist on seven millions of Catholics supporting a church they call heretical, should dare to talk of our scruples (conscientious scruples forsooth!) about assisting with a poor pittance of very insufficient charity their 'damnable idolatry.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.
He also keeps himself fairly socially active, spearheading a charity to benefit inner-city youths of musical talent.
Someone makes a heartfelt, tear-jerking appeal on behalf of the charity, and then up pops some sweaty, half-cut minor-league celebrity who's a mate of someone on the committee.
The charity will forward the letters to the foreign embassies to make them aware of the level of public support for the drivers.
The shop and cafe were once a thriving business and despite a recent upturn in fortunes, a three-year period of losses have led to charity chiefs deciding it is no longer financially viable.
Employees make regular donations to charity.
When al Molqi took off, he was under the charge of Roman Catholic charity workers.
I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
'Friend,' whispered he, 'for charity conduct us to some safe place where we may withdraw this bier from the sacrilegious eye of curiosity.' The Scottish Chiefs
Charity dinners and celebrity dos for a cause are a trend these days - what better way to raise a big sum for a noble cause?
Marziya knows with money you get sweets toys, but here she is aware that what she gives the Umbrella lady will not get her anything in return..but a sweet smile .. and this is the lesson I teach Marziya , giving charity without compulsion, I teach Marziya along with photography the meaning of humility... Archive 2009-08-01
Charity organizations have chastised the Government for not doing enough to prevent the latest famine in Africa.
People become charity trustees for myriad reasons, often wanting to give something back to society. Times, Sunday Times
The charity advises all people looking at their options to seek independent advice. Times, Sunday Times
It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work.
The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.
The charity aims to highlight excellence and encourage best practice in teaching by raising the profile and public perception of the teaching profession.
Yes, it raises money for charity but what is really funny about sitting in baked beans?
This new cadre of charity leaders will bring to the sector an exciting set of skills, fit to face a new set of challenges. Times, Sunday Times
But the charity stresses that infection can occur on first contact with an infected partner or needle.
One of several reasons this makes me a bit huffy is that it's not at all evident (far from it!) that what an Evangelical such as Colson believes about justification, faith, and charity is what Luther believed. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
Many frequent visitors to the Doorley household over the years belonged to the Rosminian Order, also known as The Institute of Charity.
Bungee jumping, a fun fair, car boot, craft and charity stalls will be the order of the day.
British naturists are doing a charity swim in Loch Ness in Scotland to raise funds for cancer research.
She is supposed to have disguised herself as a pauper for a young priest who, out of charity, took her to an inn to feed her.
She has always interested herself in charity work.
Donating a share of one's income to charity, zakat, is a fundamental requirement of being a Muslim, more important - some say - than the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Service learning often relies on a notion of volunteerism, charity or philanthropic effort.
Swindon Counselling Service, a registered charity, has 16 years of experience in helping people to get through rough patches in their relationships and also come to terms with unacknowledged emotions.
North West Hospice is incorporated as a limited company and is also registered as a charity.
We had a visit from somebody collecting for charity.
Only a fundamentalist Freudian would maintain that simple love or charity is impossible in this world.
The charity calendar is 7.99 plus 1.50 postage and packing. The Sun
Vast estates that had been managed by monasteries as endowments for religion and charity were impropriated to swell the wealth of courtiers and favorites; and the commons, where the poor man once had his right of pasture, were taken away, and, under forms of law, enclosed distributively within the domains of the adjacent landholders. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings
We have a very diverse charity sector that enjoys high public trust and confidence. Times, Sunday Times
The charity blamed the increase on the growing popularity of package holidays and excessive use of sunbeds. Times, Sunday Times
But something so pleasurable hardly seemed like charity.
He said: 'We would recommend that charity boards and trustees are transparent. Times, Sunday Times
His views on charity are also interesting and certainly worth a read.
The charity does a lot of good.
A new Charity Act will require independent schools to show they are meeting a public benefit test.
Many entertainments are planned for the night including a charity auction, games and a tombola.
That a man should lay down his life for his friend seems strange to vulgar affections and such as confine themselves within that worldly principle, “Charity begins at home.” Religio Medici
There's squillions of charity shops in Edinburgh, and they all seem to have a copy of Naomi Campbell's Swan on their bookstands.
Radebe is donating the £500,000 that his testimonial game earned to charity, a gesture which is thoroughly in character.
Charity was a pronounced element in the show — the spectacle of this strange young soul, in despair or recklessness, chaotically seeking occasions for compassion: taking a bath with a homeless man (“Who gets trench foot in the year 2002?!”), or romancing an elderly lady. Brit Wit
He said the charity has taken on a serious commitment and undertaken a legal obligation with the NHS trust.
The charity is still feeling the effects of revelations about its one-time president.
Christians are urged to practice agape: love not as sexual desire, not as a devotion to something transcendent, not as friendship, but as charity.
The true charity is not in donate some money, but in we donate, donate our time. CNN Hero: Jorge Munoz
The charity issued a call for donations to assist victims of the earthquake.
Roast beef with horseradish M&S or charity shop? Times, Sunday Times
Split-receipting may be available where a donor gives a gift to a charity or other qualified donee and receives something of value or some other benefit in return.
Silence descended on a village school when pupils held a sponsored hush for charity.
The cash was raised by the group's flood fund appeal through donations and a variety of charity events.
And now only one of those two years is gone; and -- I am here, _here_, alive only through charity! The Genius
The devices are shaped like classic charity donation buckets and can accept coins and notes as well as a 2 contactless card donation. Times, Sunday Times
Yet the news has alarmed the charity world. Times, Sunday Times
As patron of the charity Age Concern, he attended the launch of its Business Pledge campaign to encourage employers to recruit the over-50s.
I never feel anything like youth about me except when I am learning something; and when I am turning over the leaves of my Italian dictionary, I could fancy myself thirteen: whether there be any/[Page 52]/good in fancying oneself thirteen after one is turned of thirty, I leave your charity to determine. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
She is one of the charity's main donors.
The actress now dedicates herself to children's charity work.
We should not confound uncharity with a sort of natural repugnance and antipathy, instinctive to some natures, betraying a weakness of character, if you will, but hardly what one could call a clearly defined fault. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
The father of two has lived in the country for the past 29 years after moving there to set up a charity working with the deaf.
The charity Working Families has some useful tips on juggling work and parenthood. Times, Sunday Times
First, most people make donations to a charity because they wish to contribute to a good cause. Times, Sunday Times
If we hadn't seen the TV programme, we would have carried on giving money to the charity in the ordinary way.
It affects those who are the beneficiaries of the charity's functions, beneficence and bounty.
The town, which is home to the charity's regional office, donned scarlet, cherry, vermilion and ruby yesterday to help raise funds as part of Heart Week 2003.
Goodness answers to the theological virtue charity , and admits no excess, but error.
SOFT drinks makers should set sugar reduction targets to halt a worldwide obesity epidemic, a charity says. The Sun
In fact, the person that's sick needs our Christian charity and love and support.
And the cricket world, with its benefit years, charity quizzes and galas, is quite good at rattling buckets.
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Then too often there is an endless charity appeal that can take upwards of 20 minutes. The Sun
He paid regular amounts of money to a charity.
The old Society page, with its news of old-family weddings, cotillions, and charity balls, began everywhere to be replaced in newspapers by the Style page, a very different thing.
It hopes to raise the money through sponsorship or from the Football Foundation charity.
The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
That boosted his income last year by a mere ￡1,550, all of which he paid to charity.
An Alzheimer's charity claims new health guidelines could be denying local dementia sufferers an effective treatment.
A disgraced former building society finance director, who fleeced the company of more than £100,000 to cover up a string of thefts from a charity where he was treasurer, is facing Christmas behind bars.
The ice bucket challenge was one of the most successful charity campaigns in history. Times, Sunday Times
Charity, on the other hand, was far superior at stitching and all manner of sewing.
I never expected I'd end up living on charity.
Then too often there is an endless charity appeal that can take upwards of 20 minutes. The Sun
Any second-hand bookseller or charity shop can testify to a roaring trade in the once read and discarded romance volume.
Every year, he gives £500 to a chosen charity in lieu of sending out Christmas cards.
The director of Amnesty International UK has appealed to the people of west Wiltshire to support the charity's campaign against the worldwide trade in deadly weapons.
This school seems more bastion of privilege than object of charity. Times, Sunday Times
He was picked up along with a colleague two weeks after the religious school owned by his British registered charity was raided.
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A source close to Clinton said that an undetermined portion of the proceeds will go to charity.
Even relationships can be affected, because the person with SAD can become irritable, unloving and unlovable, says charity Mind.
The charity works with children in less developed countries.
Can the beyond part of individual devotion to public charity be deducted next time?
The charity exists to meet the needs of elderly people.
By the very nature of their popularity, certain people can act as role models for the young, lend their good name to charity or simply add thousands to the gate of a sporting event.
The work of the charity has been widely publicized throughout the media.
The soccer charity he was backing said: 'We are deeply saddened. The Sun
Democracy, so understood, arises out of mutual need, and finally points to the overarching necessity of a shared sense of democratic caritas, or charity.
Veterans denied a pension and incapable of supporting themselves might seek charity under the provisions of the Poor Laws.
I never see a face more full of malice and uncharity. Erema
They might turn us from this shelter, true; they might leave us nothing but charity or beggary, that is sure enough. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance
Peace, like charity, begins at home. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Their advice: Rearrange what you have. Donate items to charity.
You have written about nightclubs, office parties, health clubs and skiing holidays, and now about the black-tie world of charity dinners and cummerbunds.
The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.
Without its own donor list, the charity is at the mercy of the fundraiser. MITCH GOLD
There's another one tonight, this time at a charity fundraiser in broad daylight with dozens of people present. Times, Sunday Times
All profits were shared between the sports hall fund and a chosen sports charity.
Whether it is a matter of giving to charity, sticking to duty or insisting on our rights, we can be confused or paralysed by the fear that our principles are groundless.
Yesterday, a pretty charity mugger came up to me and said she wanted to help the aged. Times, Sunday Times
But there were many cloistered Christians who studied the bible undisturbed by these shadows and doubts, and who, heedless of patristical lore and saintly wisdom, devoured the spiritual food in its pure and uncontaminating simplicity -- such students, humble, patient, devoted, will be found crowding the monastic annals, and yielding good evidence of the same by the holy tenor of their sinless lives, their Christian charity and love. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
Singing and dancing may bring pleasure to the public, charity concerts may salve guilty consciences and the world is definitely in need of some cheering up.
The hospital charity could have found no celebrity more amiable to aid their appeal. Times, Sunday Times
Your willingness to help others is admirable, but unless you're a registered charity you'd best contain your habit of taking in waifs and offering them a hot bath and food.
But the only apparent connection with Miss Dando was that she had taken part in a charity film for Comic Relief in 1993 in which she mimed along to a Queen song.
The charity provides aid for tens of thousands of people caught up in the civil war. Times, Sunday Times
The DEC does not need to be big because it is an umbrella group, and not a frontline charity. Times, Sunday Times
The charity is even planning a portable gym that can be packed in a van and taken to village halls in the area.
‘It was an idea I'd had for a while to make a CD of local unsigned musicians and give the profits to charity; and I realised if I wanted to do I should just get on with it,’ said Dave.
The staff give up their time free of charge and the charity raises money to run the workshop selling the ornaments left over from house clearances.
You're slumming… hanging out with the charity cases, the scholarship scum.
The charity said over half of adults in the UK are overweight, with one in five classed as obese.
Some were running for sport, but most were taking part in the 22nd London Marathon for charity and fun.
London, Nov 13 (ANI): Peeing on the compost heap can help fertilise gardens and save on flushing the lavatory, a UK charity has urged. An Ominous Story
She came to the charity through a circuitous route. Times, Sunday Times
This documentary tracks down people who were photographed for the housing charity Shelter and discovers how their lives panned out. The Sun
The mother, the Angela of the title, begged for charity and lived off the mingy help of relatives, at one point sleeping with a cousin so that her children might have a place to live. From 'Ashes' To Stardom
Without charity there would be no bathing in cold custard, no public displays of depilation and no outlet for tombola. The Book of Other People by Zadie Smith (editor): Book summary
And he made a parachute drop to raise cash for a forces charity. The Sun
Have you thought of leaving a gift to charity after you die?
It turns out this was for charity, inviting people to float a fiver. Times, Sunday Times
Its claim to be a non-sectarian, non-political, non-religious humanitarian charity is a sham.
They can be had in second-hand bookshops for a few pounds, and in charity shops for pennies.
The shambles has echoes of the tax credits fiasco which left families to survive on charity food parcels. The Sun
A relationship support charity urgently needs volunteer evening receptionists to work in an East Lancashire office.
The concert was supposed to be a charity event but it had strong political overtones.
The family thanks them all for their many kindnesses, good wishes, and expressions of sympathy; and wishes that in lieu of flowers, they make a donation to a charity of their choice.
CANCER patients are increasingly reliant on charity to heat their homes, new figures show. The Sun
Charity looked at her in genuine alarm and was rewarded with a wink that made her revise her opinion of her cousin slightly upwards.
And, on yer bike: The charity rider who's taking it all lying down.
And if that's not bad enough, now I've got telephone solicitors calling me for charity donations.
Hospitals are increasingly depending on charity for vital equipment.
Charity let Mandy chatter on and on, offering no comment, her feelings frozen somewhere deep within her.
We collected ￡700 and every penny went to charity.
Research published last month by the charity found that more than one in four sunbed users aged between 18 and 24 said they were unconcerned about the health risks posed by sunbeds, while 53% of the same age group believed tanned skin has become more fashionable. Kate Moss agency Storm to raise awareness of sunbed dangers
The concert was supposed to be a charity event but it had strong political overtones.
Some religions give primacy of value to mystical union, some to works of charity, some to justice, and some to ritual observance.
Luck waits where charity cash is raised. The Sun
Staff at the charity are hoping to find new homes for the dogs, cats, rabbits, small furries, and other pets in their care.
They actively discourage charity and contribute to a culture of anxiety and bullying. Times, Sunday Times
A fourth way to provide security in a free society is by voluntary charity.
Charity knows no adversary; sagacity breeds no worry.
I have watched you and your crew, how you preach up selfish ambition for divine charity and call prurient longings celestial love, while you blaspheme that very marriage from whose mysteries you borrow all your cant. The Saint's Tragedy
If a multimillionaire donates tens of millions of yuan, this of course can be counted as charity on his part.
Next year, he plans to trek to Patagonia in South America for the same charity.
For the capital's alpha toddlers, children's charity parties have become the events to see and be seen.
Thanks to our support, the charity was able to lay on a Christmas party for families fleeing domestic violence.
The route will be clearly signposted and it is planned that artworks will feature on off-road sections, an idea promoted by national cycle route charity Sustrans.
The charity has also highlighted a significant gap in gender pay across the industry. Times, Sunday Times
Crusading for them was an act of love and charity by which, like the Good Samaritan, they were aiding their neighbors in distress.
The charity which we should thus bear to ourselves is the model of that which we owe to our neighbour, whom we are to love _as ourselves_, not with the same intensity, but with the same quality of love, wishing him the good, human and divine, temporal and eternal, which we wish for ourselves, though not so earnestly as we wish it for ourselves. Moral Philosophy
The ice bucket challenge was one of the most successful charity campaigns in history. Times, Sunday Times
I may sound cruel and uncaring by saying this but where should charity start and end?
But we confess that it is a little mortifying to our pride of time and place, to meet an old beggar-woman, who from the dust on her tattered brogues has evidently marched miles from her last night's wayside howf, and who holds out her withered palm for charity, at an hour when a cripple of fourscore might have been supposed sleeping on her pallet of straw. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
He's done several long-distance walks for charity.
People in the UK are so blinded by the term charity number that they instantly think no number you must be a scam. Army Rumour Service
They went on a ten-mile walk to raise money for charity.
Norway's sprinting squad has gone the full monty for charity.
The charity provided money to staff and equip two hospitals.

How To Use Charity In A Sentence

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