(February 27, 2013 at 3:40 pm)ThomM Wrote:(February 15, 2013 at 5:19 pm)Baalzebutt Wrote: I just got an email from a business colleague and his daughter is doing a jump rope thing to raise money for the American Heart Association.
She wants to raise $200. I thought it might be cool to see if any of you great people might want to do a little good without god and throw a few bucks her way. Maybe we can get her to $2000 instead!
Her name is Evin. Shes a good kid.
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/don...=376108268
If she is a good kid - you need to explain how to choose a worthy charity to her. One that actually spends most of the money it collects on the stated malady/event.
THe AHA ranks very low as a charity and spends more money on administration and fund raising than anything else.
I prefer the Deborah Hospital in Brown's Mills NJ - where more than 95% of the money they collect is for care for those who cannot pay. They do NOT use paid services to collect money - all of the people are volunteers - and their only expenses are in postage and printing.
While I agree with you in principal, they came to her school and asked the kids to get involved. She's 10. Give her a break for not researching the organization.
I want to do this more to make her feel good about herself and let her know that the world is actually a pretty decent place in spite of the fucked up things we do to each other.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
