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Kevin · 02-16-2007, 07:35 PM

I'd like to start off by throwing a party for my friends and family, giving each a nice personalized gift and a check. But that would make things WAY too complicated -- in truth, I'd have to keep it mum that I won, so as not to cause conflicts between myself and the people I love. I'd probably tell a select few people, and tell each of them that I wasn't telling anyone else. If word got out, my ironclad rule would be "Nobody gets anything they couldn't pay for themselves without hardship."

I have a friend who's pretty substantially in debt. I'd pay it off for him. I'd also pay my mom's bills and get her a nicer place to live. Then I'd take care of my uncle, who's disabled and can't work, and my aunt, who has done me a lot of financial favors in the past and asked very little in return. I might start a college fund for some of the younger members of my family, or some of my friends' kids. I'd give a substantial one-time cash gift to my best friend's brother and his wife, since they've been having financial trouble for a while now.

I'd probably get a condo in the city, but also a farm somewhere, where I'd start a wildlife rehabilitation center. I'd start a small charitable fund to support socially-conscious media producers -- indie documentarians, photojournalists, journalists, and the like. I'd grow organic flowers in a greenhouse on the farm. I'd invite kids and adults to volunteer -- people who might otherwise not be exposed to the outdoors. I'd invite overweight people who want to exercise more, and I'd pay them with good meals made with real food. I'd have hayrides at Halloween and weekly outdoor movie screenings. If there was enough money, I'd buy a moviehouse in a small town and renovate it. I'd have free kids' movies on Saturday afternoons and post-screening discussions at an attached coffeeshop. I'd donate a substantial amount of cash to my college, on the condition that they use it to create more journalism classes and recruit more minority students. I'd travel the world to teach myself more about it.

I'd help my girlfriend set up her singing career. I'd create a studio in an outbuilding of the farm, or in the basement of the main house. It would be high-tech but user-friendly.

I'd sponsor free money-management classes for people who have too much debt. I'd sponsor health club memberships for people who are serious about getting healthy. I'd sponsor organizations that bring fresh organic food to school lunch programs. I'd sponsor environmental clean-up groups and groups that maintain local parks and trails.

I'd carry about $10 in ones and fives on me at all times, in case I saw someone on the street who could use a buck or two.

And I'd get myself a seriously killer comic book collection.

02-16-2007, 07:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
Kevin Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 20	I'd like to start off by throwing a party for my friends and family, giving each a nice personalized gift and a check. But that would make things WAY too complicated -- in truth, I'd have to keep it mum that I won, so as not to cause conflicts between myself and the people I love. I'd probably tell a select few people, and tell each of them that I wasn't telling anyone else. If word got out, my ironclad rule would be "Nobody gets anything they couldn't pay for themselves without hardship." I have a friend who's pretty substantially in debt. I'd pay it off for him. I'd also pay my mom's bills and get her a nicer place to live. Then I'd take care of my uncle, who's disabled and can't work, and my aunt, who has done me a lot of financial favors in the past and asked very little in return. I might start a college fund for some of the younger members of my family, or some of my friends' kids. I'd give a substantial one-time cash gift to my best friend's brother and his wife, since they've been having financial trouble for a while now. I'd probably get a condo in the city, but also a farm somewhere, where I'd start a wildlife rehabilitation center. I'd start a small charitable fund to support socially-conscious media producers -- indie documentarians, photojournalists, journalists, and the like. I'd grow organic flowers in a greenhouse on the farm. I'd invite kids and adults to volunteer -- people who might otherwise not be exposed to the outdoors. I'd invite overweight people who want to exercise more, and I'd pay them with good meals made with real food. I'd have hayrides at Halloween and weekly outdoor movie screenings. If there was enough money, I'd buy a moviehouse in a small town and renovate it. I'd have free kids' movies on Saturday afternoons and post-screening discussions at an attached coffeeshop. I'd donate a substantial amount of cash to my college, on the condition that they use it to create more journalism classes and recruit more minority students. I'd travel the world to teach myself more about it. I'd help my girlfriend set up her singing career. I'd create a studio in an outbuilding of the farm, or in the basement of the main house. It would be high-tech but user-friendly. I'd sponsor free money-management classes for people who have too much debt. I'd sponsor health club memberships for people who are serious about getting healthy. I'd sponsor organizations that bring fresh organic food to school lunch programs. I'd sponsor environmental clean-up groups and groups that maintain local parks and trails. I'd carry about $10 in ones and fives on me at all times, in case I saw someone on the street who could use a buck or two. And I'd get myself a seriously killer comic book collection.