[bluedog103]

For a couple of years it was my job at work to shake down the employees in my district to contribute to the United Way. This was a job I found distasteful and I never made my targets. Finally I was relieved of this task and fortunately my lack of accomplishment wasn't held against me. Later, when I learned the salary of the head honcho, I took the United Way off my list. My contributions haven't declined but have actually increased, but I make sure they go to an organization which spends the least on their administrators and the most on their clients. Just a thought from a longtime volunteer with different organizations....money is great and certainly necessary but workers are always needed. One food pantry where I worked actually had plenty of monetary donations but really struggled getting workers to serve the community. This lead to overwork and burnout of the workers they did have. Sorry for the hijack.