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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 19/02/2013 9:34 PM, graham wrote:
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>> What annoys me is that once I give to a charity, it then pesters me to
>> give
>> every few weeks after that. I gave to one charity last year, and it
>> e-mailed
>> me *the following day* asking me to give again.
>> Graham
>>

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> Yep. Giving to a charity these days puts you on their sucker list. Maybe
> the trick is to give anonymously. Forget about the tax receipts. Just
> give them the money and let it be a one time donation.
>

Have you noticed that some charities have Provincial as well as a National
fund raisers? Not only that but I get demands from Heart & Stroke and then
later they separate and I get demands from the Heart fund and then the
Stroke Fund or whatever.
Graham