How to save the economy and be charitable. AT THE SAME TIME.

Ok. So this is how it works.

Say you want to donate $1000 to a charity.

If you straight up gave $1000 to that charity, those poor African kids/dogs/people with cancer/whatever will be very thankful for your $1000 donation.

And that's perfectly fine.

BUT. If you want to help save the economy, this is what you do.

Go buy $1000 worth of goods that you know can be resold at a similar price point (Numbered Jordan shoes hold their value well as well as most luxury brand items... But as you go up it could get harder to sell because of trust issues.)

Go on ebay.com or some sort of listing thing where you can sell your stuff. Since you haven't used those $1000 worth of goods it should still hold its value quite well.

Get that $1000 and with that $1000 donate it to your charity of your choice.

What you have just done is

Give $1000 to the struggling economy.

Give $1000 worth of items to somebody who wanted those $1000 of items

Give $1000 to the charity of your choice.

So instead of just donating $1000 to a charity, you have just tripled your $1000 because you have given a $1000 value of stuff to 3 separate groups/individuals.

It's genius.