On 2020-11-29 7:40 a.m., Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:51:31 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>

>> I made my major donations 2 weeks ago and since then, I am getting more
>> requests from the SAME charities.
>
> Been a bad year for me with charities. I really HATE getting mail
> with calendars, address labels and junk from them, I mark them 'Return
> to Sender' and write on the back "Please don't waste our donations
> this way'.
>
> People have suggested the younger crowd don't give unless they receive
> something, I just feel it is missing the point entirely. So I stick
> with War Amps, completely online, they never waste trees and money on
> postage, just once a year when they send my key tags. I also do Sally
> Army for same reason, I do not receive snail mail from them, online
> only. I like them because the money I give stays local which is good.
> We have another local that is doing good work in place of where the
> old Food Bank used to be, called Souls Harbour.
>

I am down to one charity, Telus Ride for Dads, which raises money for
prostate cancer research and education. I also participate in the local
Ride For Dads and last year got over $500 in donations

My wife's church offers a free Christmas dinner. We have helped with
that a couple times when our son was working Christmas day. This year
they are delivering the meals rather than serving them in the church. I
will donate a couple hundred to the cause.


Personally, I am fed up with the business of fundraising for charities.
If you make a donation big enough for a tax receipt they want your
name address, telephone number and email address. Then they are on your
case forever. Sometimes they will be contacting you within weeks of
having made a donation.