“Would you like to donate $2 to ______?”
“We’re collecting for _______. Do you have a toonie for us?”
“Please donate generously. We need your help.”
“Give now. Others are waiting for your donation.”
“Can you spare $5, $10, and $20 for _____?”
“Can you afford $1.75/day for a year for _______?”
Thank you to all the charities for constantly demanding money again and again at ever turn we take this holiday season. Thank you to a certain group for obstructing traffic on major roads, running all over the street between moving vehicles, shaking Santa hats on the windshields of drivers, and blocking the driver’s view of the road. Thank you for nearly causing rear end collisions between cars and other accidents. Thank you police for allowing this unsafe donation-begging to take place on these busy streets.
Congrats to these charities. Your aggressive methods of raising money will cause more people to refuse to donate. It’s time to rethink your strategies. People don’t need to be forced to donate. —NoDonationForYou
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2010.
that’s not even mentioning the phone calls and people at work collecting for their kids/schools/every other fucking thing out there.
agrimavating….
YOU’ RE A MWEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH, YOUR HEAD IS SCREWED ON TOO TIGHT, AND YOUR HEART IS 2 SIZES TOO SMALL. just had to do it o.p., you didn’t give me any choice, unlike giving to panhandlers and charities.
My charity of choice – NSLC – I donate all year round.
Actually, I like Salvaton Army. They’re not pushy and just stand there with their little kettles. If you wanna donate, great, if you don’t, they don’t hassle — they don’t ask — they just stand there.
“No thank you.” I say it a lot this time of year, but so far it hasn’t caused blood to froth from my eye balls or tongue to drop out of my head and ignite.
Fact of life. Say it. Move on.
I love being ambushed in malls or grocery stores myself.
PK & ralmn, me too.
I just say no thanks, and keep walking.
The Sally Ann gets bout 50% of my Christmas donations, Food Bank the rest.
I also meant to say, calm down OB, or Santa will bring you a stroke for Christmas.
You don’t donate anyway, so NoDonation, don’t pretend else-wise.
Also, the Sally-Anne USED to get a ton of cash from me then:
“It threatened to close all soup kitchens in New York City when the city government proposed legislation that would require all organizations doing business with it to provide equal benefits to unmarried domestic partners.”
and
“The Salvation Army in the U.S. has been the topic of some controversial discussions about discrimination against homosexuals in their hiring practices. The New York Times reported that the Salvation Army believed it had a firm commitment from the White House to issue a regulation that would override local anti discrimination laws.”
If I don’t support the Catholic Church, I can’t support these guys.
small animal charities appreciate money, but can also use food and other supplies. just my two cents…matthew as usual is correct. wlyb
Salvaton Army???
Argh, yes those dreaded school fund raisers that parents bring to work for their children. Good thing most of us only use debit or credit cards now.
Oh I forgot to mention, some of those businesses asking for your “donations” aren’t asking out of the kindness of their hearts…..they’re doing it to get the income tax break.
just ignore them….
Le sigh. You don’t have to donate if you don’t want to. Just like you don’t have to buy a Christmas gift from walmart because you had advertisements screaming at you at all times. Most non-profits ask more at Christmas because people are generally more charitable at Christmas – they think about how they would feel if they had no food for the table, if they couldn’t afford gifts for their kids etc. Perhaps they need to think of other creative and less disruptive ways, but hey, if you don’t ask people for a donation, you won’t get one. And most (if not all) non-profits exist because there is a gap between what government can provide and what people need.
You know what’s more annoying? I was going for a lovely stroll on Saturday down Spring Garden, from around the Dairy Queen to Starbacks, my BF and I got asked SIX times by bums!! At bum number 4 I yelled “NO!” Actually, that bum with the longish orange hair that’s always around there didn’t ask us for change but commented on how nice it was that my BF and I were holding hands and that my BF knew I was always right or something…it was funny and at least he didn’t ask for anything :D….well, that time anyway.
Wow all of you who say ‘no thanks’ might want to try “donations, sure I’ll take all you’ll give me”
It never gets you anything…but they stop asking ~:)
hollah! says “And most (if not all) non-profits exist because there is a gap between what government can provide and what people need.”
That (“a gap”) might be the understatement of the year right there. More like a black hole.
If the donair beast ever needed a twoonie, I’d give him two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGScD12cMkw