A while back, I posted something about wanting to thin out my collections of toys, videos, etc. to lighten my load and play Kris Kringle to those who might actually need/want something I have. I am still offering this service. Just ask if you are looking for a gift for someone.
Why I bring this up again is also because of a little chat I had yesterday with a woman who works for a charitable organization. They take donations from people who, like me, are probably giving up what they have in excess and not in use. But, she told me, as we talked briefly about shopping addictions, that she can easily get carried away at work picking out the things that come in that she herself wants/likes. Now...what good is this charity service if those working there are "feeding their faces" first? Sure, maybe she could use a thing or two herself. But, the organization is there to provide for those with less.
This isn't the worst case scenario by far, mind you. I know of priests and ministers and followers thereof who claim to be shopping and working for charitable organizations but later confess they have alterior motives when they think you are just like them. You don't even have to talk to them, sometimes. Just watch what they do when out shopping and insisting they get exempted from taxes. It leaves the deepest, darkest rage and urge to vomit in me.
So, I am just speaking out to say why I do not believe or trust charities, anymore. You want help? You want my money? You have people who need something? You tell me where to reach these people and maybe go with me to their door to deliver the goods. I won't be handing out envelopes of MY hard-earned money and just hope it goes to the right place. Not anymore.
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