Annoying charities... rant

[marni]

Yes, this. I send what I can afford to give, and while there was one situation where I still gave after getting this kind of letter, it took some thought before I did it but I typically won't.

any charity thattells me how much I should give or could give gets nothing. My husbands company does a United Way giving campaign each year, and they have the nerve to look at the general income levels of the various executives ( which are generally in the public annual reports) and have the nerve to prefigue everyones' "expected" contribution and send them a letter to that effect. Talk about having the nerve! My husband send them back an interior memo with a penny attached and tells them to mind their own business.

Cahrities that send me a dollar, or a nickel or a penny? I keep the money and shred the letter. Several of these I have never given too and so they are obviously combing public mailing lists. At this point I have enough scratch pads and return address stickers to last me for the rest of my life, I wish they could just give up and give the postage and printing costs that they save to whatever cause they are supporting.

I rode a fair number of local charitiy rides where I support causes I believe in and can see how the money is benefiting local groups. Of course this means that both DH and I have more "ride" t shirts than we could ever use as well.

Maybe I'll start making lap quilts out of them and donating to the local pet shelter or old folks home.