“The greatest joys in life we have ever seen come from our giving,” billionaire Robert Hill Jr. said from the stage at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, at the commencement of the Class of 2024, referring to himself and his wife, Karen.
“Today, we want to share with you this gift of giving.” He then handed each graduating student two envelopes, each containing $1,000 in cash.
He told the students, who emerged from under their umbrellas, into the rain, to thunderous cheers and long applause, that he had one condition for his financial grant: They must spend the first $500 on themselves, as a gift to each of them. The second $500 is to be given to someone else or to another organization, where it can be used in a different way, or for a better purpose!
Although Robert Hill’s wealth is not huge compared to other millionaires in America and the world, he owns “only” $5.4 billion, which puts him in 203rd place on the list of the 400 richest Americans, he has, relatively speaking, spent more than others, as he and his wife have given more than $270 million to charitable causes, including cancer research and funding educational institutions.
This is what a small Kuwaiti association in Kuwait aims to do, the “Humanitarian Friendship Association,” a charitable association that has been known for about seven years and has achieved remarkable success in helping those in need in the fields of education and helping patients.
Worth noting that the members of the board of directors of the “Friendship Association” participate in its meetings and in its executive committees throughout the year, voluntarily, without compensation, and their motivation is to do good, not for personal or material interest, or a partisan or political goals.
There is no doubt that they find pleasure in “giving,” which is represented in receiving donations from charitable people and spending them with the greatest degree of rationality and justice on those who deserve help, and they feel that giving represents moments that may be the happiest in their lives … and the lives of many.
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The Human Friendship Society intends to hold its annual charity event at the end of next month. As usual, the event will include honoring ten personalities, male or female, regardless of their field, who have spent fifty years or more among us, continuously and without interruption.
Due to the difficulty of accessing the names and addresses of these people, the association would be pleased to receive the names of these people, from them or from those who represent them, and their phone numbers, on WhatsApp number 90056080, to communicate with them.
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