Tina Fineberg for The New York TimesKristin Hanson, a jewelry designer in New York, decided to give to people she had relationships with through the year.
Paul Sullivan writes in his Wealth Matters column this week about all the solicitations for money at this time of the year. But adding a level of complication this year is that so many of us know someone who is unemployed or underemployed. And do you have any responsibility to them?
Elizabeth Franklin, the founder and chief executive of the Franklin Reports, a series of high-end guides of service providers, calls aid to those who are struggling “empathy gifts,” and cited an example of a friend who gave a $1,000 tip to her hairdresser.
Are you doing anything special this year to help a friend or neighbor who is less well off? Please use the comment section below to tell us what you are doing.
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