December 12, 2025 • 5 mins
We got a question in for our American Mamas...
Dear Mamas, what is your favorite way of charitable giving at Christmas?
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Dear Mamas, what is your favorite way of charitable giving at Christmas?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We got a question for our American mama's. Dear mama's,
what's your favorite way of charitable giving at Christmas?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, let's ask our Americ in mama's Mama, Mama, she.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Said, And joining us now are American mama's tern Edville
and Kiberly Burlason. You know we talked earlier this week,
last week, last week or whatever it was about the
Dell donation, the Michael and Susan Dell giving six point
two five billion dollars. Now, I don't think that was
necessarily a Christmas gift, but it is kind of Christmas
(00:38):
time when they've announced it. What is your favorite form
of charitable giving, especially this time of year.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Well, my favorite way of giving is seeing a need,
like seeing a need and then giving it, so it's
like in real time, you know, seeing the result of that.
I used to have a nonprofit, so I know how
crucial it is to receive donations because you rely on them.
The difference in my my nonprofit is every penny went
to what we were doing for military families.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Right.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
My mom did that too during the Gulf War. Oh yeah,
she sewed. She sent gift baskets over to troops over
in the Middle East and she sewed neck coolers where
you just get them wat and they would cool people
down in the desert. She sewed those by hand. Every
single penny she received for that charity, which straight overseas.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
So we did.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
You know, I've said many times that I love watching
Magnum p I every single night on we TV.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Really you've said that many times.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Many times, huh, and every night. So they have the
long commercials for like Saint Jude's and for the ASPCA.
The pet things they get me, they get me every time.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Well, Sarah McLaughlin will make your craft.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Absolutely So I actually used to give to Saint Judes
every month. It just came out of my checking account
for years. Okay, So out of the blow because the
commercials are five minutes long, I decided to do a
search on what the CEO of ASPCA makes a year. Okay,
one point two million dollars Matthew Berkshaker.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Wow my god. So then I thought that's three times
what the president make.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, I thought what the hail Okay, So then I
looked up the on charity watch. You can see City
of Hope and affiliates like all these cancer institutes Yeap
two point four million, five point four more four Milligan
five point seven million, Saint Jude one point eight million,
Red Cross one point three million. I was one person
(02:27):
a year, the CEO of those those nonprofits, and that
was it for me. I was like, I will never
ever give money to any of those charities ever again.
It made me say, that's gluttonous and disgusting to me.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Especially for a group that's trying to that says they're
doing charity.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Exactly when you think about the people who are donating,
they're thinking their money is going to go to the cause,
when they don't realize their money is going also to
this person a lot of it.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I'm baffled that is this five point seven million?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
That's unbelievable?
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Is he?
Speaker 4 (03:01):
What is he? Or she did?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Well?
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I think about you know, Red Cross for instance, and
you and people standing there ringing the bell, and these kids,
these commercials are taking their lemonade stand money and pouring
it in the pot, and you're just you feel this,
oh my gosh. And then you see the CEO sitting
in his mansion with his unbelievable cars and his yacht,
and and I've thought I can never give to them again.
(03:24):
For that reason, I looked at the nonprofits like Wounded
Warrior and USO because those are the ones that were
closest to my heart. And they averaged half a million
to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the CEOs
for the CEOs, which you know from me, it's a lot. Still,
that's a lot. That's a big salary, you know, with
people giving you money and that kind of thing, and
(03:44):
I don't understand why you need that much. But I'm
also all about being a capitalist. But these are nonprofits.
These aren't just companies. There's a big difference to me.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And you know, my favorite way of giving is is
through service. That is through time. I mean, I work
for theaters, I work for the church, just donating time.
And I think there's something about that for me that
I get more out of that than donating money. And
maybe it's because by donating my time, I actually see
(04:17):
the result of what I'm doing. You receive the blessing
and it's not like somebody's making a profit off of
my time when I'm working.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Yeah, Well, what I love to do is kind of
year round. There's a lot of kids in my life
that are going through school and whenever they have whether
it's for their team or for their church group or whatever,
if they send me a thing asking me for money
or to you know, even if it's buying whatever it
(04:45):
is they're selling. Like Coach Kaz reached out to me,
he's the Air Force baseball coach on Giving Tuesday and
he was like, hey, you want to give And I
was like, hey, yeah, to America's team, the Air Force Boys.
Of course I will. But when people reach out to
me and it's something that I think I want to
help this kid, or I want to help Coach kas
or whatever, I'm going to do it. I'm going to
(05:07):
do that more so than I would if it was
like given to you know, some of those places that
you said.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I'm going to have to give you my nephew.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
I'll get a bunch of I'll get a bunch of
texts now, especially if you're if you're selling something for
your school and there's like if I sell twenty of
these I get to have right oh yeah, by those
I got, I'll get nineteen right now.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
But the blessing is seeing that child, yes, because they
get so excited, and really that's why you're giving it,
Not for the whatever they're selling, but for that kid,
you know, and that excitement they have.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
If you like ask American Mama's a question, go to
our website America I'm Ready to dot com slash mamas
and click on the ask the Mama's button turned out
if Kibri Brothers and thank you so much, thank you, thanks,
We got a question for our American mama's. Dear mama's,
what's your favorite way of charitable giving at Christmas?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Well, let's ask our Americ in mama's Mama, Mama, she.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Said, And joining us now are American mama's tern Edville
and Kiberly Burlason. You know we talked earlier this week,
last week, last week or whatever it was about the
Dell donation, the Michael and Susan Dell giving six point
two five billion dollars. Now, I don't think that was
necessarily a Christmas gift, but it is kind of Christmas
(00:38):
time when they've announced it. What is your favorite form
of charitable giving, especially this time of year.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Well, my favorite way of giving is seeing a need,
like seeing a need and then giving it, so it's
like in real time, you know, seeing the result of that.
I used to have a nonprofit, so I know how
crucial it is to receive donations because you rely on them.
The difference in my my nonprofit is every penny went
to what we were doing for military families.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Right.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
My mom did that too during the Gulf War. Oh yeah,
she sewed. She sent gift baskets over to troops over
in the Middle East and she sewed neck coolers where
you just get them wat and they would cool people
down in the desert. She sewed those by hand. Every
single penny she received for that charity, which straight overseas.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
So we did.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
You know, I've said many times that I love watching
Magnum p I every single night on we TV.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Really you've said that many times.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Many times, huh, and every night. So they have the
long commercials for like Saint Jude's and for the ASPCA.
The pet things they get me, they get me every time.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Well, Sarah McLaughlin will make your craft.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Absolutely So I actually used to give to Saint Judes
every month. It just came out of my checking account
for years. Okay, So out of the blow because the
commercials are five minutes long, I decided to do a
search on what the CEO of ASPCA makes a year. Okay,
one point two million dollars Matthew Berkshaker.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Wow my god. So then I thought that's three times
what the president make.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Yeah, I thought what the hail Okay, So then I
looked up the on charity watch. You can see City
of Hope and affiliates like all these cancer institutes Yeap
two point four million, five point four more four Milligan
five point seven million, Saint Jude one point eight million,
Red Cross one point three million. I was one person
(02:27):
a year, the CEO of those those nonprofits, and that
was it for me. I was like, I will never
ever give money to any of those charities ever again.
It made me say, that's gluttonous and disgusting to me.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Especially for a group that's trying to that says they're
doing charity.
Speaker 4 (02:45):
Exactly when you think about the people who are donating,
they're thinking their money is going to go to the cause,
when they don't realize their money is going also to
this person a lot of it.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
I'm baffled that is this five point seven million?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
That's unbelievable?
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Is he?
Speaker 4 (03:01):
What is he? Or she did?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Well?
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I think about you know, Red Cross for instance, and
you and people standing there ringing the bell, and these kids,
these commercials are taking their lemonade stand money and pouring
it in the pot, and you're just you feel this,
oh my gosh. And then you see the CEO sitting
in his mansion with his unbelievable cars and his yacht,
and and I've thought I can never give to them again.
(03:24):
For that reason, I looked at the nonprofits like Wounded
Warrior and USO because those are the ones that were
closest to my heart. And they averaged half a million
to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the CEOs
for the CEOs, which you know from me, it's a lot. Still,
that's a lot. That's a big salary, you know, with
people giving you money and that kind of thing, and
(03:44):
I don't understand why you need that much. But I'm
also all about being a capitalist. But these are nonprofits.
These aren't just companies. There's a big difference to me.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
And you know, my favorite way of giving is is
through service. That is through time. I mean, I work
for theaters, I work for the church, just donating time.
And I think there's something about that for me that
I get more out of that than donating money. And
maybe it's because by donating my time, I actually see
(04:17):
the result of what I'm doing. You receive the blessing
and it's not like somebody's making a profit off of
my time when I'm working.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Yeah, Well, what I love to do is kind of
year round. There's a lot of kids in my life
that are going through school and whenever they have whether
it's for their team or for their church group or whatever,
if they send me a thing asking me for money
or to you know, even if it's buying whatever it
(04:45):
is they're selling. Like Coach Kaz reached out to me,
he's the Air Force baseball coach on Giving Tuesday and
he was like, hey, you want to give And I
was like, hey, yeah, to America's team, the Air Force Boys.
Of course I will. But when people reach out to
me and it's something that I think I want to
help this kid, or I want to help Coach kas
or whatever, I'm going to do it. I'm going to
(05:07):
do that more so than I would if it was
like given to you know, some of those places that
you said.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I'm going to have to give you my nephew.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
I'll get a bunch of I'll get a bunch of
texts now, especially if you're if you're selling something for
your school and there's like if I sell twenty of
these I get to have right oh yeah, by those
I got, I'll get nineteen right now.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
But the blessing is seeing that child, yes, because they
get so excited, and really that's why you're giving it,
Not for the whatever they're selling, but for that kid,
you know, and that excitement they have.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
If you like ask American Mama's a question, go to
our website America I'm Ready to dot com slash mamas
and click on the ask the Mama's button turned out
if Kibri Brothers and thank you so much, thank you, thanks,
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