Charity Money To The Fund Raisers?..here's my IOU buddy!.

Hello,

well, here it is! i have been waiting for something nice and juicy to sink my teeth into. the news has been dull lately, but TODAY.......its great!

DID YOU KNOW....that Canadians rank 3rd in the world as the most charitable donaters???!!!!!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOOOO CANADA!!!!

****** now for the bad news ********

i just read an article about Charities and what portion goes to private fund raisers!!!???? DISGUSTING and shameful i might add.


from 2004 to 2008 $762 million dollars went to these ''fund raiser organizations." the total haul of private donations ( yes, that is joe-you and joe-me) was 32 billion. it may not seem like much....in fact close to 10%, but it is not like that in every case. there were over 200 cases investigated by CBC that showed the fund raiser was making more than the charity.
WANT SOME EXAMPLES......

- The Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, which paid $96,849 for a campaign that raised just $95,812.

- The Children's Leukemia Research Association Canada, which raised $4.2 million over the last four years, but paid $3.2 million of that to its external fundraiser.

- Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, which raised $2.8 million between 2003 and 2009 — of which $2.2 million, or 79 per cent, went to pay its fundraiser.

This is so sad, why is the government allowing fund raisers to make more than the charity brings in????? THAT IS LIKE STEALING FOOD FROM A STARVING MAN!!!

Today, it's a $2.8-billion business and growing, with an average 35 cents of every dollar donated to charity going to pay fundraising costs.

WHEN THEY RING YOUR TELEPHONE OR KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR.....DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING??? is the play on your sympathies sounding rather shylock-like?
how do we know where the money is going? how do we know who will get most of it? HOW DO YOU FIND OUT THESE TO AVOID THE PITFALLS OF FALSE HOPE FOR OTHERS? EASY....START BY ASKING SOME KEY QUESTIONS WHEN THEY CALL OR KNOCK....

- What is your CRA charitable registration number?

- Can you send me your audited financial statements?

- How much of my donation will be spent on costs?

If a charity's not going to be transparent with you on how it's spent money in the past, why would you give it a donation?

if they don't provide that info to you....then you are probably right in assuming that your money ain't clothing some cold kid, it ain't feeding some starving family, and it ain't finding the cure for some disease!! YOU CAN BE SURE....that joe-fund raiser will make the payment on his jaguar this month, have a great dinner out somewhere and laugh all the way to retirement because of YOUR GOOD HEARTED CANADIAN DONATION. can you spell ''sucker''

now don't get me wrong, i am sure not all charities pay such a high cost.
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS......WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AT ALL??

why are TELEVISION, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA NOT SELECTING A CHARITY OF THE MONTH TO PROMOTE FOR (ok here's that word they hate to hear)
F R E E !!!!!!
why is THE GOVERNMENT NOT SETTING A LIMIT OR PERCENTAGE THAT FUND RAISERS CAN RECEIVE AS A FEE????

and finally..... why is the public not aware of it?????

Charities need your money to help others! You give out of the goodness of your heart!!! Why is the one that doesn't need the charity getting the most money?

IF JOE-STARVING wasn't so starving, he would have the energy to write to these shylocks and say.....SHAME ON YOU....WHERE IS ''YOUR'' CHARITY?

know what i say.....donate cause it feels good. donate half with cash, the other half with an IOU for the rest and demand that that portion go to the ''fundraisers''.
WANT ONE EVEN BETTER???!!!!!....go to your local hospital or food bank and DONATE YOUR TIME!!!!

THIS WORLD IS ALL ABOUT 'MATERIALISM' and until we realize that we don't need it to be happy, then the pleasure of helping others will not be a task or donation....
IT WILL BECAUSE OF HUMANITARIAN LOVE.

WELL, that's what i think!!!!!

quote of the day.....

“The question is not whether the system works, but whether we like the way it works. Just because something works doesn't mean it is desirable. Concentration camps work, if your purpose is to enslave people. Stealing works, if all you care about is money.”

Who the Heck Is Terry Jones ANYWAY?

GOOD EVENING,

i was just reading an article on line about a minister in Hobokin-nowhere Florida who says he will burn a Qu'ran in honour of the anniversary of 9-11. this man is a complete IDIOT!!! you know the kind, there's no god but my god kind of idiot. this man is trying to introduce and incite people to anger using religion as the match stick.
people from around the world are answering his call to protest his action. even his own government has asked that he not do that in the event that it will ignite or incite violence in other parts of the world towards American troops.

WHAT EXACTLY DOES THIS IDIOT....and i am calling this one correctly, THINK HE WILL ACCOMPLISH BY BURNING A BOOK? would he be upset and ready to burn down an embassy of a foreign nation if they burnt a bible???

THIS IS UTTER NONSENSE and a way to get attention at the expense of others. Rev. Jones needs to read his own book first.....LIKE 'turn the other cheek.' 'forgive those that persecute you.'.....OH HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE FOR YOU REV. TERRY....'LOVE THEY NEIGHBOUR AS THY SELF.'

KNOW WHAT I SAY......don't be an idiot the world thinks you are Terry! and don't allow the world to think all Americans are like you!
not only does Terry stand to incite riots on American Embassys and troops, but he may also be breaking a law. i am sure George Bush managed to slip some law in there about this before he departed. a word to the wise Terry, you may be charged with some criminal offense....THEN WHAT??? you could end up in jail for something that was your 'god given right to do.'

i will quote one of the most intelligent statements that i read in all the articles that i searched on this....

"this is contrary to the respect owed to all religions."

rev. Jones....go away quietly before you are put away screaming.

it is time to let wounds heal and forgive....ISN'T THAT WHAT BEING A CHRISTIAN IS ALL ABOUT?!!!

...IF you can't do that Terry, well just turn in your bible.

ENOUGH.....

QUOTE OF THE DAY.....

"If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of their painful pasts. We give the monsters the last word."

Lewis B. Smedes - Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve