A close family member explains that she does not give money to charity because she "wouldn’t receive any personal benefit from donating” and because "most charities waste their donations on salaries and other administrative expenses.” Write a three-paragraph essay that formulates knowledgeable claims and counterclaims to explain the benefits of charitable giving and refute your relative’s counterclaims. Support your argument with reasons and specific evidence. Be sure to include sources from your research.

But on an april morning in 1959, i heard a mother of four, having coffee with four other mothers in a suburban development fifteen miles from new york, say in a tone of quiet desperation, “the problem.” and the others knew, without words, that she was not talking about a problem with her husband, or her children, or her home. suddenly they realized they all shared the same problem, the problem that has no name. which best describes the connotation of the word “desperation”? negative, because the woman is feeling confused negative, because the woman is expressing hopelessness positive, because the woman is expressing herself positive, because the woman and the mothers are in agreement

1.3.3 quiz: primary and secondary sourcesquestion 4 of 102 pointsa secondary source is reliable and credible if the person who created thesource is an expert on the topic, is educated and respected in the field ofstudy, and:

These facilities were organized and sponsored by churches or charities during the great depression in an effort to feed the homeless and needy.