The deportations are getting some angry lefty tweets
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I've spent a lot of years off and on volunteering with a local big brother equivalent.
Its always like 3 of us dudes (never any women), with 30+ kids looking for someone to pair with. All races, all mostly innocent kids in a bad situation with someone trying to make them have a better chance at life. And its just me and a few others usually pretty conservative or centrist dudes just trying to give our time.
The organization literally just asks for an hour a week from us (you can do more, but you have to do an hour to qualify for the tax benefit), a literal drop in the bucket, and not a single strongly Liberal person to show up and help these little Mexican or black kids not fall into gangs or drugs before they turn 12.
I haven't ever attempted big brother(a couple guys I knew from the service did though), although I've done a fair amount of designated driver volunteering in the past.
Its pretty fulfilling. Usually you'll end with up a kid who literally worships you as some idol, since their own father is usually incredibly lacking (which is why they end up there), so you are motivated to be the best version of yourself to be a good example for them.
While obviously just having a kid of your own is the best version of that for everyone, trying to improve your local community one life at a time still brings its own benefits.
Should have clarified lol. I never tried big brother before I had four going on five children.
That's the reason I'm also "off and on." I did it during the calmer years of my first two, and now with three I'm mostly off there myself. But I can see myself going back once my last one is in her teens and time is open again.
At least a few of the guys I met doing it were empty nesters in their 50s.
Liberals want the government to do everything that charities do so they can feel virtuous without all that icky work.