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Old 11-08-2017, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Halibut View Post
It is exasperating.

I used to donate to 3-4 different charities each year until I winnowed it down to the one I like the most. I've lived in several different states and overseas in the last 30 years, and I suspect a few of those agencies have spent more money maintaining my info and sending solicitations, gifts, heavy annual reports, etc. than I ever donated in the first place. I always call and ask to be removed from their mailing lists; sometimes it worked, sometimes not.

You'd just hope that charities would be more circumspect and careful with their finances as well as the privacy concerns of their donors.
One I just received was from an Indian School. It was an envelope about 12 inches x 8 inches stuffed full. There were very fancy gold trimmed address labels for Christmas, Christmas gift tags, an ink pen decorated like a candy cane, a big calendar, a regular calendar, two note pads, a shopping list pad, and more. It was about 2 inches thick and must have cost about $5.00 or more to send it.