All my daily spendings goes to big corporations. My food, gas, electronics, mailing, packaging, instruments, even prep books and standardized tests. I spend those money without a doubt, because that's the life. As long as you're living, you are definitely giving money to them, no matter what. 

However, I find myself unjustly skeptical toward charities on the other hand, partly because I think they're hypocrites; wasting other's time in the name of common good, but ironically for their own benefits, whether it qualify them for some jobs or, in this case, an entrance to an event. To be honest, I become long tired of the discussion of morality. This, by itself, is logical, as the premise of the event is based on people's morality. That's why I usually have a higher expectation for them, requiring all of them to be saints that wants cancer to be solved with their whole heart, instead of doing whatever to qualify for an celebration event. I soon began to abandon this "logical" obsession, as it is meaningless in a lot of ways. 

People by its nature is designed to be shortsighted, only focusing on the benefits that they can perceive. Pay means product. Pay when there's no product, that's related to waste. Donation is somehow a waste of money in many people's eyes. But we should change that mindset.

Non of us are billionaires. We don't have a bucket, we only have a drop. But Oakville Trafalgar raised 1 million dollars for cancer research in the last event. That's no longer a drop. Every school have a bucket of water, and when all of that gets accumulated, that's no longer a waste of money. That's no longer a waste of time. That's when you get your product, along side with other people's effort, which doesn't come from big corporations. This should be one of the most meaningful payments in our lifetime.