Great topic Outlaw,
The witnesses refusing to help in the community and using the door to door work as the excuse or poor equivilant as help really didn't sit with me at a young age especially when I would see and read about the Catholic Church feeding,clothing and reaching out to those needing the basic necessities. the only thing the literature would be good for is stoking a fire or keeping it going if they were cold.
We anonymously help needy families with food and clothes year round and my work has a program to give Christmas gifts to children less fortunate. I have helped at local Missions with food prep and serving it to the homeless.
This isn't a Charity but I truly love being at a restaurant, pick out a young family and quietly ask their server to give me their check and pay for their dinner and leave before they find out. a stranger did this for me once many years ago and it had such a impact on my life that I decided to continue doing this myself.