RE: how do we as atheists feel about companies using customers to donate money?
June 8, 2015 at 7:56 pm
A lot of the companies match the donations, and a lot of the charities use the company rather than the company deciding to do a charity drive.
I encounter this every time I go PetSmart. They ask (on the credit card machine, no less) if you'd like to donate to a local shelter. I decline every time, but I give lots of time and money to the dog rescue I work with by fostering and transporting dogs and doing home visits. If there were a line, those people I'll never meet again can suck on it if they think less of me. But I'm glad PetSmart asks.
They, MacDonald's and the Ronald McDonald House charities, are their own charities.
I encounter this every time I go PetSmart. They ask (on the credit card machine, no less) if you'd like to donate to a local shelter. I decline every time, but I give lots of time and money to the dog rescue I work with by fostering and transporting dogs and doing home visits. If there were a line, those people I'll never meet again can suck on it if they think less of me. But I'm glad PetSmart asks.
They, MacDonald's and the Ronald McDonald House charities, are their own charities.
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