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A donation is made into Salvation Army bell ringer Juanita Brown's red Holiday donation kettle in Park Ridge, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/22/2006, 9:06 a.m.

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One of the big stories of the year was Warren Buffett's $31 billion gift to the Gates Foundation. Midmorning looks at the motivations behind giving, no matter what the size.

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  • Jeffrey Hale: A sociologist who teaches a course on charity and volunteerism at Oregon State University. He's working on a book called "The Legacies of Giving: Charity and Philanthropy in the American Experience."

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