"Its ironic that it was always my charity," she says.
And when the crunch comes, commerce almost always trumps charity, Christian or otherwise.
"There is always another charity or another way to enhance the town.
"If you ask the people of Benghazi about Ansar al-Sharia, they will tell you it always does charity, it secures the hospitals, the roads," he said.
The point being that Britain's creatively-minded have always plundered charity shops for inspiration, aware that rifling through the George at Asda cast-offs, copies of Naomi Campbell's Swan and unwanted James Last LPs is half the fun.
As a player and now as a member of the Rangers' scouting staff, Graves is always at charity events, flashing his hockey-stick-altered smile anywhere he feels it can help, draping a big hand on a shoulder or rubbing a child's head.
I've always dodged charity muggers and treat Kony hunters with utter contempt (and will continue to do so), but on Saturday I went to my local supermarket and spent nearly half my monthly salary on two suitcases full of supplies for my local pop-up crisis centre.
In other words, always give charity.
People are always suggesting charities should merge with one another, but actually the most modern coalitions are being formed between charities and businesses, or charities and faith groups and so on.
It will always choose charities that work in the poorest places, as money goes further there.
