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Do you sometimes feel......
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StrayKitten | Report | 23 Jan 2010 00:07 |
night sue, oops morning mid afternooon lol xxx |
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CrunchyNuTTer | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:58 |
night Sue |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:53 |
Good night, CN. I'm off too. |
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CrunchyNuTTer | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:50 |
im off to bed, what i was going to say, im not going to now, |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:47 |
We are warned constantly by our government backed "Games and Racing" board to be very wary of "Traders" as they call the telemarketing "thing". They get a huge percentage of donations. I wonder how much success they get from "cold calling" - I've never donated that way. |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:36 |
If you're wanting to donate for disaster relief specifically, I don't think you can really go wrong with the big names. |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:33 |
I work for a charity which is fully manned. We provide equipment for patient care plus raise money for research. We have very low administration costs. The most money spent would be on insurance and auditing fees. Our auditor charges a small fee and our solicitor works "pro bono". Our major fundraiser is once a year and we worked out for the last one that 92% of the money raised went towards our patient care. We're very proud of that achievement. |
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CrunchyNuTTer | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:24 |
precisely, you have to research, not all charities are charities these days :( |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:17 |
When we had the horrific bushfires here last year I researched every charity asking for donations. I chose the one that gave the highest percentage of donations to the people who needed it. |
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CrunchyNuTTer | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:11 |
my OH went into it, he wanted to support the troops and went into detail on where the money went on them, support the heroes was the one he went for cos he did the research. |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 23:03 |
Well there's that, CN. Is that where our donation money goes. I have reason to go into our local Cancer Council office and the office is covered in boxes full of pamphlets, hats, t-shirts etc. Not all are used for fund-raising. I was GIVEN a box of assorted goodies to distribute as I see fit. |
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CrunchyNuTTer | Report | 22 Jan 2010 22:58 |
have you thought how much money it takes to put an add on tv, radio, especially on prime time? |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 22:48 |
That's true, Mandy. I just want the facts about what is needed. Then I'll make up my mind as to whether I would like to donate. |
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Amanda2003 | Report | 22 Jan 2010 22:44 |
Maybe this is what the expression " charity begins at home " is all about. |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 22:33 |
I guess that's what I'm getting at, Janey. To be honest I would prefer the facts about what our donations are for. A run down of what is needed and what will be done would be good. We know these people are in dire straits - the average person in Haiti didn't have much in the way of material things to start with and now they have nothing. We know that. I would like to know WHAT my money is going to do for these people not WHY I should be donating. |
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JaneyCanuck | Report | 22 Jan 2010 22:20 |
And another thing ... |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 22:06 |
Perhaps not all appeals do that. This thread was prompted by an advert for a telethon that is being held to raise money for the people of Haiti. Don't get me wrong - my heart breaks for these people. But this appeal went on about how we live in a lucky country and how it's important to share our good fortune with these poor people (very true) and - the part that annoys me - "how would you feel if this happened to you and your family". |
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StrayKitten | Report | 22 Jan 2010 22:00 |
yeah defo, i havent donated yet, i would have today but mam took the baby to school, i will on monday, but i think people should donate becasue they WANT to not because there guilted into it xxxx |
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Muffyxx | Report | 22 Jan 2010 21:54 |
I HAVE donated..... but I'd be LESS inclined to if I felt I was being emotionally blackmailed into doing so.....and I had I seen it I may well not have done......hugely counterproductive imho.xx |
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SueMaid | Report | 22 Jan 2010 21:49 |
Exactly Joy - we still make our donations so there really is no reason to make us feel guilty. |