Editor’s note: Our latest blog series is called “Engage With KidWorks.” We’re excited to share the variety of meaningful—and fun—ways you can become part of the KidWorks experience. In our first installment, we share research that shows how monetary donations to non-profits like KidWorks not only make a sustained meaningful impact—they also make us feel better as people!
A widely acclaimed Harvard Business School research paper published in 2009 (“Feeling Good About Giving”) concluded that those who give a monetary donation to those in need “reported higher levels of happiness.”
In the words of those researcher: "Happier people give more and giving makes people happier, such that happiness and giving may operate in a positive feedback loop."
And there’s the Gallup World Poll conducted between 2006 and 2008 that found people who donated to charity “reported a greater satisfaction with life.”
Finally, consider these statistics from the Do Good Live Well survey of 4,500 U.S. adults who supported a charity: 68 percent reported that it made them feel physically healthier, 89 percent that it “has improved my sense of well-bring” (e.g., happiness) and 73 percent that it “lowered my stress levels.”
Our KidWorks supporters are among the most generous people we know. So, if giving equates to happiness, maybe that’s why our volunteers and contributors have such positive outlooks on life.
Need a lift today? Consider making a donation to your friends at KidWorks!
By Glenn Leibowitz, Volunteer Content Writer