If the choice is a zoo or a museum or a school or a shelter, call up the development office and ask if they’d mind accepting a donation from a child in person. My daughter decided to give six months of her accumulated Give money to a nonprofit that raises money for research on hearing loss. Her cousin is hearing-impaired, and I’m not sure I’ll ever forget the look on my sister-in-law’s face when my daughter handed over the money. Hopefully, my daughter won’t either.