[Vision2020] Fw: greed

Paul Rumelhart paul.rumelhart at gmail.com
Tue Oct 21 15:53:20 PDT 2014 

This is a huge pet peeve of mine.  Some charities are not so bad, I gave
some money to globalgiving.org for Japan tsunami relief, and they didn't
flood me with solicitations (maybe once a year or so I get something from
them in an email).  Give some money to certain charities associated with
breast cancer, children's cancer, or some of the Native American groups,
and you'll never hear the end of it.  They are all worthy recipients of my
hard-earned cash, but *I* like to be the one who decides when and to whom I
give charity to.  I don't just sit around waiting to see who can best
convince me of their worth.  I do the research on my own.  I'm sure that
makes me sound like a heartless bastard, but I'm beyond caring any more
what people on this list think of me.

I think I'll switch to anonymous donations, too.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I donated to DAV years ago and now they've spent more money than I gave
> them mailing me solicitation letters asking me to give them more money.
> It's very disappointing.  They're not the only ones who engage in this
> tactic and it's become a secondary reason of why I have now switched to
> making one-time only anonymous donations.
>
> > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:27:24 -0700
> > To: suehovey at moscow.com; rforce2003 at yahoo.com; thansen at moscow.com
> > From: lfalen at turbonet.com
> > CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: greed
> >
> > Don't feel too bad about it Sue. While the information may not have been
> up to date. Those with a poor rating were still not vary good in the Snopes
> piece and those listed as good were still fairly good in the Snopes
> article. One charity that consistently has a high rating by Charity
> Navigator is Doctors Without Borders.
> > Roger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: greed
> > From: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>
> > To: "Ron Force" <rforce2003 at yahoo.com>, "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com
> >
> > Date: 10/21/14 00:29:50
> >
> >  Oh, dear.  I am so sorry.  I got this from a trusted friend whose face
> is going to be VERY red when I send him this Snopes piece.  Thanks so much
> Ron for the information.  Sue hovey     From: Ron Force Sent: Sunday,
> October 19, 2014 7:13 PMTo: Tom Hansen ; Sue Hovey Cc: Vision 2020 Subject:
> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: greed     You may wish to refer to the following
> documentation from snopes.com, which says the information is either
> outdated and/or outright false:
> >  snopes.com: Executive Salaries in Charities snopes.com: Executive
> Salaries in CharitiesArticle compares the salaries of top executives of
> several large charitable organizations. View on www.snopes.comPreview by
> YahooRon Force
> > Moscow Idaho USA
> >
> >   On Sunday, October 19, 2014 3:44 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Although there is one national organizations to whom we donate . . .
> Disabled American Veterans (of which I am a member) . . . Moscow Cares
> primarily donates locally and regularly . . . Humane Society of the Palouse
> . . . Sojourners Alliance . . . Trinity Moscow Food Pantry . . .
> Alternative to Violence of the Palouse . . . Heart of the Arts, Inc . . .
> Palouse Habitat for Humanity . . . Latah County Human Rights Task Force . .
> . to name just a few. We prefer local donations knowing that 100% of the
> donation will go toward the purpose for which it was intended. We have, and
> always will encourage contributions to local entities (I dislike the word
> "charity"). After all . . . "That's What Friends are For"
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/What_Friends_are_for.mp3Seeya 'round
> town, Moscow, because . . ."Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with
> your pants
> > on)http://www.MoscowCares.com Tom HansenMoscow, Idaho    On Oct 19,
> 2014, at 2:29 PM, Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote:  A message worth
> sharing from Bill Frye, who never sends me anything irrelevant.  Sue
> H. From: William Frye Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:22 PMTo: Bill
> Pryor ; Harold Munson ; Arthur Armstrong ; Syd Brown ; Sue Hovey ; John
> Cutmore Subject: Fw: greed                    A timely reminder before our
> generous spirits open up ourwallets…   How many ways can you spell  G R E E
> D?      THINK BEFORE YOUDONATE! SOMETHING TOTHINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU
> MAKECONTRIBUTIONS:   Asyou open your pockets to do a good thing and make
> yourselffeel good, please keep the following facts inmind:  TheAmerican Red
> CrossPresident and CEO Marsha J.Evans' salary for the year was $651,957plus
> expenses MARCH OFDIMESIt is called the March
> > ofDimes because  only a dime forevery 1 dollar is given to
> theneedy.  TheUnited WayPresident BrianGallagher receives a $375,000 base
> salaryalong with numerous expense benefits. UNICEFCEO Caryl M.
> Sternreceives $1,200,000 per year (100kper month) plus all expenses
> including a ROLLSROYCE. Less than 5cents of your donated dollar goes to
> thecause.  GOODWILL CEO and owner Mark Curranprofits $2.3 million a
> year.Goodwill is avery catchy name for his business.  You donate to his
> businessand then he sells the items forPROFIT. He pays nothingfor his
> products and pays his workers minimum wage!Nice Guy. INSERT:CONTENT:END.00
> goes tohelp anyone! Stop giving to thisman. Instead, give it to ANY OF
> THEFOLLOWINGGO "GREEN" ANDPUT YOUR MONEY WHERE IT WILL DO SOME
> GOOD: TheSalvation ArmyCommissioner, Todd Bassettreceives a small salary of
> only $13,000 per year(plus housing) formanaging this
> > $2 billion dollarorganization.96 percent of donated dollars goto the
> cause. TheAmerican LegionNational Commander receivesa INSERT:CONTENT:END.00
> zerosalary. Your donations go to helpVeterans and their families and
> youth!  TheVeterans of Foreign WarsNational Commander
> receivesa INSERT:CONTENT:END.00 zerosalary. Your donations go to
> helpVeterans and their families and youth! TheDisabled American
> VeteransNational Commander receivesa INSERT:CONTENT:END.00 zerosalary. Your
> donations go to helpVeterans and their families and youth!  TheMilitary
> Order of PurpleHeartsNational Commander receives aINSERT:CONTENT:END.00
> zero salary. Your donations go to helpVeterans and their families and
> youth!  TheVietnam Veterans AssociationNational Commander
> receivesa INSERT:CONTENT:END.00 zerosalary. Your donations go to
> helpVeterans and their families and youth! Make aWish: For children's
> > lastwishes. 100% goes to funding trips orspecial wishes for a dying
> child.St. JudeResearch Hospital100% goes towards funding andhelping
> Children with Cancer who have no insurance andcannot afford to
> pay.RonaldMcDonald HousesAll monies go to runningthe houses for parents who
> have critically illChildren in the hospital.100% goes to housing, and
> feedingthe families.LionsClub International100% OF DONATIONS GO TO HELP
> THEBLIND, BUY HEARING AIDES, SUPPORT MEDICAL MISSIONSAROUND THE WORLD.
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