Philanthropy experts recommend focusing on one charity - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper

Philanthropy experts recommend focusing on one charity - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper: "Philanthropy experts recommend focusing on one charity

By EILEEN ALT POWELL
Associated Press


NEW YORK — More than 20 years ago, Donna and Robert Considine decided they wanted to focus their charitable giving on something that was meaningful to both of them.

She was a fan of entertainer Danny Thomas and became interested in the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which he helped found in Memphis, Tenn. The hospital, which provides free care for children with catastrophic illnesses, also resonated with her husband, she said, because his mother had considered St. Jude to be her patron saint."