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02-08-2012 01:01 PM |
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I hope you will put aside your negative feelings about charity and come to the various events for "Seeds of Hope" in February. It provides food and money for the Wildwood Pantry and the Wildwood Soup Kitchen.
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Just who are you accusing of having negative feelings about charity? How our tax dollars are spent on what you call charity is NOT charity, it's potential for misappropriation of our tax dollars and the picking of our pockets for what others consider charity.
As for me personally, I'm not rich but I have given considerable money to charity. The largest of of which is the Elks National Foundation where to date I've given over $500 and recently signed up for an automatic monthly donation.
The foundation is a dedicated fund where the donations received are never spent, but invested with all interest from those funds used for many programs. The Board of Trustees recently approved appropriations and distributions for the 2011-12 fiscal year totaling a record $21.7 million. They are know for being the biggest givers of scholarships second only to the federal government. I don't know however if the federal government is still first. You can see a general breakdown of those funds at the following link:
Elks National Foundation :: ENF Programs
By the way it's pretty much established that Republicans are considerably more charitable than Democrats... probably because they generally preferred to have everybody's pockets picked for charity than it occurring the way it should be - privately. Don't believe it? Well all you have to do is read some of the links provided in this Google Search to realize that this is true. Of course I'll bet that some left wingers will dispute it even though the evidence is clear! That seems to be the norm now-a-days!
Your support for the soup kitchen Buggy is admiral, but the negative way you solicited for their support hurts them more that help! Always use honey when trying to attract bees... not vinegar!
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