And they use a HUGE amount of those donations to pay their legal fees, business fees, salaries, etc. All in the name of the "cause". Not that they don't do any good, but I wonder how much MORE good they could do if they didn't waste resources.
Which is why I'd always rather donate directly to a particular cause than to a foundation that was formed for a cause. Call me silly. On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been uneasy about the Komen foundation for awhile. I know they > are trying to do something worthwhile but it's gotten a real big > business feel to it as it has grown. They sue people for using "for > the cure" in any way, they seem to have a veritable monopoly on the > color pink...just because something is a charity doesn't mean it won't > act like a huge bully. > > Judah > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If the social issue can't sway em, then Money always talks doesn't it. :) > > Good for them! Hope they keep it that way. > > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> The Decemberists (whose keyboardist, Jennie Conley has recently > >> undergone chemo for breast cancer) announced yesterday that they are > >> redirecting all the money from their breast cancer fundraising efforts > >> to Planned Parenthood. Probably lots more that we don't know about and > >> it all adds up. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346280 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
