"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 2/24/2013 3:52 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> That's interesting. I mentioned earlier about a donation we gave to a
>>> >charity. We were in Glasgow and canvassers were on the streets
>>> >approaching
>>> >people for the charity we had decided on. When we mentioned the sum,
>>> >they
>>> >told us they couldn't take it and put us directly onto the charity.
>>> >It
>>> >seems they were only able to sign people up for regular donations.
>>> >That
>>> >surprised me.
>> I'm not sure how charities work in the UK but I'm tending to think
>> it's just as bad there as it is here. The UK has an equivilent
>> concentration of bleeding hearts as most "progressive" American
>> cities.
>>
>> Please research your charities carefully. There are too many people
>> getting stinking rich off of the kindness of others.
>>
>> -sw
>
> There used to be a charity called Angel Food Ministries. Hell, even I
> bought boxes of food from them a few times. I'm sure I mentioned this
> some years back.
>
> You didn't have to be on welfare or receive food stamps to qualify. Anyone
> could buy food from this place. Just place your order (they had different
> types of "food boxes" to choose from). Average cost was about $30 for a
> box of food. On the specified day that month you'd go to the sponsor
> church, bring a box or a cooler and pick up your food.
>
> It worked like a cafeteria. You took your empty box down a line of folding
> tables where volunteers would add items, depending upon which box you'd
> ordered. Unless it was a vegetable box there was always meat. Sometimes
> vac-packed steaks or a bag of frozen chicken breast halves. Move down the
> line, a bag of frozen vegetables. Also dried spaghetti and a jar or can
> of pasta sauce. Sometimes a bag of rice. A carton of shelf-stable milk.
> Cookies or a frozen pie for dessert. Lastly, a carton of eggs. The food
> was mostly donated by restaurant supply companies. The goal was to
> provide enough food to feed a family of four for a week.
>
> Worked well for a while. Then they got greedy.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Food_Ministries
>
> "The ministry closed in September 2011 as a result of a federal fraud
> investigation."
>
> The founders (and their adult son) were living high on the hog.
>
As do many xtian ministry bosses! But for "high on the hog" you should see
how much those perfectly quoiffed televangelists pay them selves!