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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

C is for Charity

What will you give? This is a common question. I mean there are so many charitys out there! Nevertheless, this question comes around a lot, whether someone is collecting money at your door, work, or school you always feel obliglated to donate something.

Well one would think that this is great. People are donating to the poor, and there helping people acroos the world. Dont get me wrong, this great, but did you know that the heart & s troke foundation colllects 50% of there donations for themsleves, or that when you send one dollar to africa, the company sending it collects at least 20 cents of it for themsleves.

Now what do you think? Should people donate 10 dollars to the heart & stroke foundation when only $5.00 gets there? Should we sponsor kids for a dollar a day, when they are only getting 80 cents or less? I mean ofcourse we will. These people are still getting something, but it's just so unfair that these people are collecting money by pulling on peoples heart strings.

So remember the next time you donate money to a charity, look up the charity. See how much money they take for themselves and donate accordingly.

LIFE LESSON: dont be greedy

I commented on CHRISTINE'S post called zebras.

1 comment:

  1. Andy i liked your blog a lot and remembered when the heart + stroke presenters came and when they talked about the profit to run this chrity they said that only 50% goes to the cause (as you said) but they said it very fast. It bugs me that they can do this. I also liked how you used two examples to back up the first one. The only thing I would add is to talk about how you don't have to donate if you don't think its the best charity. You can always found another one you like out of the millions out there. Other than that i really liked your blog!!!!Good Job.

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