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post #46 of 56
12/26/11 at 11:42am
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Please help out!

Cheers,

Fok.
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post #47 of 56
12/27/11 at 9:34am
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We are barely at $5K still. C'mon guys. I know that a lot of you are doing after Christmas sales. Please contribute $25, $50, or $100, or whatever you can afford.

https://donate.rmhc.org/Styleforum
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post #48 of 56
12/27/11 at 9:42am
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Originally Posted by LA Guy View Post

We are barely at $5K still. C'mon guys. I know that a lot of you are doing after Christmas sales. Please contribute $25, $50, or $100, or whatever you can afford.
https://donate.rmhc.org/Styleforum

Thanks for bumping. I had not seen this earlier in the week.
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post #49 of 56
12/27/11 at 10:04am
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Giving monetary donations have some issues, none of which you listed here. However, giving material donations such as medicine, food, disaster supplies etc are pretty good all around.

It's a nice thought, but unfortunately, this doesn't pan out in reality. Here's a link to a blog entry from the UK Red Cross: http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/emergencies/2010/01/help-not-hinder-haiti/ explaining why. Some of the issues apply more directly to disaster relief aid, but most charities will do more good with money than with material donations. Donating material goods creates additional logistical difficulties and increases overhead expenses (transportation, warehousing, accumulation of unneeded items, &c.). Charities can use monetary donations in the most efficient and effective manner, acquiring needed goods through existing supply and distribution chains.

tl;dr - Donate money, not stuff.
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post #50 of 56
12/27/11 at 10:14am
Also, just made another donation.

Out of curiosity, what was the total last year?
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post #51 of 56
12/27/11 at 10:38am
My gingerbread house stinks. I can't get the icing tool to work. What a gyp.

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post #52 of 56
12/27/11 at 6:47pm
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Also, just made another donation.
Out of curiosity, what was the total last year?

I don't remember the exact amount, but our record is around $6500.

Cheers,

Fok.
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post #53 of 56
12/27/11 at 6:59pm
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tl;dr - Donate money, not stuff.
Even the local food bank says this. Otherwise, they get odds and ends and no one knows what to do with them. Plus, they can buy food cheaper than we can.

p.s.- I'll make another donation (considering my recent promotion at work, I'll be 'Commander' this time)
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post #54 of 56
12/29/11 at 11:14am
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Thanks all. Let's bump this up and get 'er done.

Fok.
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post #55 of 56
12/30/11 at 9:16am
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One last day to do a good deed in 2011. C'mon people.
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post #56 of 56
12/30/11 at 11:02am
Hey, this is a forum full of thousands of high rollers who make multiple $100k's, right?
Fund drive is a good way to see how accurate that notion really is.
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