Donate? No!
Charities are crying, donations are down. I may give food when the mailmen pick up for food bank. Otherwise, only send a check to the local sheriff for K-9 unit. Beyond that..nope. When only 1-3% actually gets to the recipients...the rest goes for salaries for the board, convention trips, offices.
I also get angry at their greed. Long ago I sent money to the NPR public radio. It was $10 a month to 40 total. And then they flooded my mail with fancy mailings for more. Every week or more, there was the letter. Envelope, nice inserts, postage paid envelope.
After it was done, I sent them a letter back. You are not happy with a donation but want more. And spent half of what I gave on postage and letters asking for more. So now..you get nothing.I got a mailing from a good charity last month. Calendars, note papers, and...2 pr 3 pairs of socks!
OK...far enough. So I sent a check for $10 cause figured I got the socks. Yesterday I got a big envelope from them. More calendars, note book, planner! Oh..so now I am on your sucker list? Lesson learned. If one gives to a charity, they will spend the money hounding you for more, more, MORE!At least when I give to the sheriff, I sometimes get a nice thank you card back and nothing more. And one time, one cop stopped by so I could meet one of the dogs. Now that is the way it should be.
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Why do they advertise their charities just as your sitting down to eat. The homeless charities are always advertising over Christmas surely the homeless are homeless all year. I'd rather buy an extra sandwich for them than give them money or give them pet food as they normally have a dog with them.
I grew up being told to eat up and think of all the starving children in biafra, yes I'm that old, and yes they're still starving so where has the money gone, filling CEO pockets and arms.