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Jeepers, you say that as if only "Christians" can possibly "get" that helping one another should not be burdened with a price. The PRINCIPLE of charity requires that, WHOEVER does it -- Christian or no -- should not "exact a price" for the act of kindness. Otherwise, quite simply, it's not charity, not virtue, at all.
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That's not how I read that comment at all. I don't see how saying "charity is one of the tenets of the Christian faith" is anything like saying "only Christians 'get' charity".
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And anyone who does it in the NAME of a religion, such as "Christianity," has just put a price on the act and spoiled it of its virtue. IOW, if the act were truly charitable, you would never be able to find out if the person who did it was a Christian or not.
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Are the efforts of the Salvation Army and the Red Cross not virtuous, then?