Blog #24, Due March 13

3/9/2020

You get a million dollars, but there’s a catch. You have to spend it on others and it can not directly benefit you. How will you spend it?

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judd williams

3/9/2020 12:49:21 pm

One million dollars
If I had one million dollars to spend and somebody I would first get my mom and 2020 dodge challenger my dad a 1969 dodge charger the same car that they use in the tv series The Dukes of Hazzard and my sister a tesla model X. I would give the rest of the money to dog shelters.

Noah

3/9/2020 12:55:02 pm

If I had 1,000,000 to spend but I couldn’t spend a penny on myself I would spend 1 quarter of it on homeless shelters and soup kitchens to help homeless people. Next, I would give another quarter to my family so my parents can pay off our house and their cars. Then, I would spend a quarter of it on projects to help clean up our oceans and the trash floating around our planet because that will help our generation and others later on. Lastly, I would spend a quarter on cancer research because my uncle died of cancer and my other uncle has some kind of cancer right now. That is what I would do if I had 1,000,000 to spend but I couldn’t spend anything on myself.

Josh.york

3/9/2020 02:33:53 pm

I would give the money to cancer research because kids are dying because if docters have better stuff than more kids will live.

Michael Meisner

3/9/2020 03:09:24 pm

If I got a million dollars I would donate it to a homeless shelter. If I got a million dollars and they get nothing it’s not fair. Especially if I'm given a million dollars. If I’m gifted more money than some people get in their whole life, it means I did not earn it. I think that it is only right to give people money that they could almost never get. Most of the time it is not those peoples fault that they are poor. There are people with billions of dollars, but to some people a million dollars is a lot more than that.

Maddie Gee

3/9/2020 06:46:46 pm

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If I had a million dollars I would spend it on things for my family's house. For our pool I would get a bunch of giant floaties and decorations. For Lexi and my bedroom I would get a tv, a Xbox, a Nintendo switch, five computers, two loft beds, and a slide that leads to the back yard. Then for my big sister's room I would get a movie theater tv that comes out of the wall, two hanging chairs, a newer style typewriter, life C3-PO/R2-D2 and a door that leads to my room. Next for my mom and dad's room I would buy them a indoor pool, a hot tub, a giant dog play room, a work out room, and upgrade their bed/tv. For my grandma's room I would get her new sheets with 1000 thread count, more pictures of our family, a hot tub, and French doors leading to a patio with the hot tub on it. Finally I would upgrade our living room, both bathrooms, the game room, the garage, the shed, and make our house two stories.

Alaina McFarland

3/9/2020 07:21:14 pm

If I had a million dollars that I had to spend on others and that could not directly benefit me, here’s what I would spend it on.
1. I would pay for med school for four years for my brother. I think he will be an excellent doctor and will help many people - $248, 776

-I have $751, 224 left-

2. I would spent $500,000 on spaying/neutering and medical care/food, water, and shelter for homeless pets

-I have $251, 224 left-

3. Heifer International- I would buy 1,000 dollars worth of lots of animals. 50 flocks of chicks, 8 goats and four shares of another, a mating pair of cattle, 8 sheep and four shares of another, 50 ducks, and 50 geese. Heifer International helps people with sustainable donations that help provide food and a means to make money for years to come - $6, 000

-I have $245, 224 left-

4. I would buy materials for 40 tiny homes for Camp Fire survivors who are still living in their cars or in tents. There is a very nice lady in Oroville who is building homes, and each build costs her $5, 000 - $200, 000

-I have $45, 224 left-

5. I would spend $45, 224 dollars on service dogs and their food/care for people living in retirement homes. People in retirement homes sometimes don’t get many visitors, and service animals would help their health and make them smile.

-I have spent all of my money-

Will Hartley

3/10/2020 10:23:41 am

How I would spend one million dollars. I would buy all my friends the same dirt bike. Then I would also buy a bobcat tractor and then with that I would give it to a person that will build my racing team. With the rest of my money I would let my parents and friends go on a shopping spree. My mom would probably get the trucks she has been wanting.He would buy so much stuff. But at the end of the day I would give all my money to my parents because they would care for me and put a roof over my head and give me food. That is what I would do with one million dollars to not give it to me but to give to other people.

Caitlin Cooper

3/10/2020 10:33:55 am

If I had a million dollars and I couldn’t spend it on myself I would spend it on the poor, and people who lost their homes in the fire and can’t afford a home. How I would do that is, I would buy lots of homes, or I could buy this huge building and everyone should have their own house in it. This would be my first option. My second thing would be to give money to children in hospitals, or disabled people who need help. Why I pick these two options are because lots of people lost their homes in the fire, and there are lots of poor people in need of a home. Also lots of kids in hospitals are sick, and a lot of disabled people who might need money for support. I could spend a million dollars on these two options, because people need help.

Aaron Hernandez

3/10/2020 12:17:23 pm

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If i had 1 million dollars I would donate to shelter, give money to hoeless people maye even buy a house for them, I would donate to hospitals for the people who have cancer or other stuff. Buy my parents a nice home because our parents deserve the world. Give out shoes and clothes to people, buy lots of food and toys for homeless cats and dogs because it's sad to see a dog die or cat. And probably give the rest of the money to people who can't afford anything and can't take their kids to school. I'll buy them clothes, water and lots of food. Just be blessed for what you got, kids wish they had the stuff we got, some kids dont even have shoes to wear or clothes.

Caleb Pruis

3/10/2020 12:26:07 pm

I would give all the money to my parents. So they could pay off the money they are going to be short on for the house. It will help pay for the fridge. It will help pay for gas for my mom and dad's cars. It will help pay for my soon to be Chevy camero. It will help pay for my parents diners without me and my sister. And it will help my dad pay for his shop where he can work on the cars and other stuff.

Davis Limbaugh

3/10/2020 12:41:53 pm

With my 1 million dollars I would buy my parents and family a really nice house which is about 600,000 dollars. Then I would give 200,000 dollars to homeless people. Lastly I would give the other 200,000 dollars to charities for cancer. That is what I would spend my money on.

Teagan Quigley

3/10/2020 03:38:57 pm

There are a million different ways that I could spend a million dollars on others but here is what I would choose to spend it on. I would choose to spend it on people who are struggling with financial situations. The reason I would choose to spend the money like this is because I don’t think anyone should have to deal with the struggle of being able to feed their family or have to think about the fact that they might have to sleep on the streets. Nobody should be treated this way and a million wouldn’t be barely enough to make sure there are no homeless people, but it could definitely help.

Elly Blair

3/10/2020 04:12:46 pm

I get one million dollars but I have to spend it one someone else and It can’t benefit me. I would like to spend it on homeless people, hospitals, and dog charities. I would spend half of my money on food. Then go around town giving food to homeless people. I would give half of the half of the money I have and donate it to hospitals. The rest of the money I have would go to dog charities. If I had one million dollars I would spend it on people and animals because that's what I care about.

Joseph Vasquez

3/10/2020 05:03:18 pm

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If I had got a million dollars but it can not benefit me. I would buy the homeless people's houses so they could live in it. I would buy them food, I would get them a good job that they like, and I would pay for their taxes. I Would also buy 2,000,000,000 yards worth of the forest, so then the animals can live in peace, without anybody destroying their homes or harming them.

logan jolly

3/11/2020 10:18:27 am

If I got 1 million dollars to spend it on other people. I think I would give it to my family of 5. Since I have a sister that is 4 almost 5. I would put it in her bank account so when she is older it comes in handy. Also I'm in that family of 5 so technically I would have to give it to 4 people. I would give my mom and dad $300,000 because they are paying for my food and clothes and fun and I would give my brother and sister $200,000.

Emberley Thornewood .

3/11/2020 02:35:38 pm

If I had 1 million dollars that I couldn't spend on myself. I would give it to Mr. Beast, my family, or paradise people because I have no idea how else to use it.

Lillianna Rowe

3/11/2020 06:29:09 pm

What would you do with a million dollars? I bet the first thing that came to your mind was to buy a nice car or luxury items, but what if you could only spend it on others how would you? Well I would want to give 500,000 to people who don’t have enough food for their families, I would give it to Action Against Hunger. The reason I would give them so much money is because just think about the families that are in pain right now. Then I would give 100,000 to schools that might need help. All these kids should get an amazing education and go on fun field trips and have an amazing time with their friends. Because you're only a kid once, so I would want to give them the best time of their lives. The rest of the money would go to animal shelters, there are a lot of helpless animals out there in this world that are getting beat and hurt and starving so I would support all the local animals shelters so all the dogs and cats or any animals that are in there get the best quality food and toys so they can live an amazing life.

AaRoN Davis

3/11/2020 07:23:54 pm

If I had $1000000 to spend on anyone except myself it would be very hard to spend. First I would want to get something for all my friends. I would have to get something for all of them because if I don't get something for one person or two they would be mad and I want to make everyone happy if I have $1000000 to spend. When I've got all my friends something I would then look into helping charities and animal shelters. I feel like we take money for granted any money you give to a charity or animal shelter a lot or a little helps them out a ton so I feel like if I can just help even if it's just a little I would do anything I could. I would’ve give some to my parents but I feel like that's kind of directly helping me so that's why I didn't give any to my parents, because I'll just give it all to them and then they could have bought me stuff so that's why I didn't

Josiah Peters

3/12/2020 12:54:28 pm

Josiah Peters
Blog #24

What would I do if I had a million dollars but couldn’t spend it on myself? Well first of all that would be very hard for me not to spend it all on myself. What I would do is I would first make a list of all the people I would spend it on. Then, I would find the average amount I would have to spend on each person. After that the next step I would do is I would go to every person on my list and ask them what they want as long as it’s within the price range. Then I would weep because I basically just lost $1,000,000. This is what I would do with the hundred dollars.

Brysen Lee

3/12/2020 02:48:08 pm

If I got a million dollars that did not directly benefit me, I would go buy 250 dirt bikes for my friends so we all have a dirt bike. Then I would go ride them with my friends and do whatever we want. Why you ask, I would do this so my friends have something to ride and to make their day.

Hunter Chavez

3/12/2020 02:58:21 pm

If I had one-million dollars and I could spend it on other people, I would spend it on my friends. They could get new dirt bikes and anything they want. I thought it would be nice for them to ride new dirt bikes around. Another thing I would give one-million dollars to is my uncle Mike because I need to pay him for taking me to school and to events. My uncle is always kind to me and takes me places that my mom maybe doesn't want to go to.

Sonny David-Malig

3/12/2020 02:59:54 pm

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If I got a million dollars and I could not spend it on myself I would give half of it to my family members. What I would do with the other half is give it to St. Judes so the kids with cancer could be cured and have a better life.

MICHAEL ANDERSON

3/12/2020 06:11:40 pm

Blog #24

With one million dollars I would spend 25% on presents for everyone in my family because they are good people. I would use 25% on dirt bikes for my friends because they are good friends to me and all love dirt bikes, and 50% on a children’s charity because they need it.

Fatima Vazquez

3/12/2020 07:18:10 pm

If I had a million dollars and I had to spend it on others I would spend thirty percent of the money for new technologies that will help find the cure of cancer. Twenty five percent of the money I would spend on ways people could prevent plastic going into our oceans. For the last forty five percent of the money I would spend it on my family and buy them a really nice house. I would spend the last forty five percent of the money on my family because my parents have always done so much to make my siblings and I happy. Another reason I would spend some of the money on my family would be because I know my family will always be there for me. If I had a million dollars these are the ways I would spend them.

Sakura Konzen

3/12/2020 07:26:57 pm

The 1 million dollars in my bank account can be used for other benefits and not me, well I would spend it all on ocean and plastic clean-up and regrowth of trees. Well this does benefit me but others as well. The part about saving the ocean is that I will help clean it. Ocean life is a risk and the ocean is a major part of our planet and life. Saving oceans will have to start out by cleaninhg it from trash and scoop up bad chemicals. The other part, land is taken care of by planting lots of trees in rain forests and other treeless areas. I also came up with another solution for this, Australian fires. The fires in Australia are huge and destructive and are killing of koalas and other animals along with it and I would pay thousands to help fight the fires for them too. This would help our planet grow and be healthy and I hope that if you have 1 million dollars you would keep others in mind. :)

Allie Bess

3/12/2020 08:24:32 pm

If I had a million dollars I would spend it on things for my family's house. Donate to the hospital so then they can get better stuff. Give out shoes and clothes to people, buy lots of food and toys for homeless cats and dogs because it's sad to see a dog die or cat. That would be the stuff that i would give to people with a million dollars.

Lexi Gee

3/12/2020 08:34:22 pm

I would spend the money on a few things. I would spend a quarter on animal shelters. I would spend another quarter on churches. I would spend the third quarter on orphanages. Finally I would spend the fourth quarter on my family and friends.

Allison Freimuth

3/12/2020 08:45:37 pm

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If I had 1 million dollars I would donate some of it to a shelter and give some to the homeless because they have no money and maybe buy a house or a trailer for them to live in. And then what I have less I would would save it for my families birthday or for Christmas and buy them a lot of presents. I would donate some to a shelter because most of the shelters have very little money to feed the people who need it. I would also give some to the homeless because they are always standing on the side of the road asking for food or money and I would give them a house because I feel bad just watching all the homeless on the side of the road and living under bridges. I would also give presents for my family because my family barely gets any presents,(at least good ones) so I would like to give them really good ones for a change. That is what I would do if I had 1 million dollars.

Grace Meldrum

3/12/2020 08:47:55 pm

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If I had one million dollars to spend on someone else, I would spend it on my friends. First, I would have them plan their dream trip that we would all go on together. I wouldn’t be involved in the planning process. If we had money left, I would probably have them spend it on souvenirs or other stuff they might want while we’re at that destination. It’s important to give back to others because usually, they wouldn’t spend that much on themselves.

Lexi Gomes

3/12/2020 10:25:46 pm

If I had one million dollars and I could use none of it to benefit myself I would do many things with it.
I would use a fourth of it for Animals to get cared for properly, get neutered, spayed, a full stomach and a shelter.
A fourth would go to the Koalas and people in Australia. Mostly land got burned that the Koalas lived on, Koala recovery and releasing back into the wild would be nice to see.
Another fourth would be for people with the Coronavirus to recover and for finding a cure for it.
My last fourth would be for my parents because they deserve it for the hard work and dedication for my family;)
~ I am now out of money ~

Annie Gates

3/13/2020 10:46:15 am

If I were to spend a million dollars on other people or like a society i wold spend 20% on a cancer facility and 10 % on orphans that don't have homes to live in. Almost 10 million people die from cancer a year and 1.8 million people are diagnosed with cancer a year. faster kids are left with no food money and starve with no homes.

Jayden Bunch

3/13/2020 01:13:27 pm

Blog #24
If I got $1 million to spend I would spend it on buying most of my family houses and lots of property. I would also buy animals that are about to be euthanized and save them.

Adrik Dyer

3/13/2020 02:19:32 pm

Blog #24

If I had 1,000,000 dollars but it couldn’t directly benefit me what would I use it on? I would use 100,000 dollars on people with health issues, then I would use 500,000 on the poor people in Haiti. After that I would give 150,000 for my parents, and then another 150,000 dollars for the rest of my family like my grandparents and other relatives. The last 100,000 dollars I would donate to my church. This is what I would use my 1,000,000 dollars on if I could only use it on others.

Jillian Duran

3/13/2020 02:47:13 pm

I would give my parents all the one millon dollars to spend it on anything they could possible want for our new house because their on a budget. But if I gave them $1,000,000 they could honestly get anything they want the door handles, cabnets, counters, furniture, and most of all our pool and pool house. They could do what ever they want with the extra money.

Ali Duitsman

3/17/2020 11:57:22 am

Blog #24

If I got One Million dollars I would spend it on gifts for kids because some kids dont get the kind of things we get on Christmas, Birthday’s, Easter, and other holidays and I think that’s not fare so I would spend it on those little kids and older kids so that they can feel like us when we get presents.

Warren Banks

3/17/2020 03:06:56 pm

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If I had a million dollars and I had to share with my family I would give them all of my mula to have them pay all their taxes for a year because it's what a million dollars would come in handy for. I think I would also split a million dollars in halfs to give to each of my Grandma and Grandpas so they can do something with it.

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