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#11
Originally Posted by bearisgray
For many of us, the very first response to almost any emergency is "He/She/They need hand-made quilts"
Interestingly enough, some of us are willing to spend $20+ and hours of time on a quilt and donating it - but not so willing to send $20 in cash for mundane things like water and food. (Assuming that the cash would go for what it was intended)
Wonder why?
Interestingly enough, some of us are willing to spend $20+ and hours of time on a quilt and donating it - but not so willing to send $20 in cash for mundane things like water and food. (Assuming that the cash would go for what it was intended)
Wonder why?
#12
u send what u can.. some it is $, some it is quilts, some it is food..... it's a personal choice.
In these crazy times it can be hard to decide who , what and where to donate. We are particular of who we donate too, If the majority of a monitary donation ( $ ) does not go directly to the ppl it is designed to help, we do not send $. We do not feel comfortable sendign cash to pay saleries, advertising and admistrative costs...
In these crazy times it can be hard to decide who , what and where to donate. We are particular of who we donate too, If the majority of a monitary donation ( $ ) does not go directly to the ppl it is designed to help, we do not send $. We do not feel comfortable sendign cash to pay saleries, advertising and admistrative costs...
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Originally Posted by flowerjoy
Originally Posted by bearisgray
For many of us, the very first response to almost any emergency is "He/She/They need hand-made quilts"
Interestingly enough, some of us are willing to spend $20+ and hours of time on a quilt and donating it - but not so willing to send $20 in cash for mundane things like water and food. (Assuming that the cash would go for what it was intended)
Wonder why?
Interestingly enough, some of us are willing to spend $20+ and hours of time on a quilt and donating it - but not so willing to send $20 in cash for mundane things like water and food. (Assuming that the cash would go for what it was intended)
Wonder why?
#14
There are many reasons. When you give $20.00 most of it will not reach the destination. Sometimes money is better, but only if it can be given in person, which in most cases is not possible. In another instances, everyone will send money to get needed things and forget the little things that make us feel good and loved, and nothing do that better than a quilt, in my opinion. In many cases all you can afford is 10 or 20 dollars, but by donating a quilt it can be sold or raffled off and raise much more than you could donate by giving cash. When I donate a quilt I am not expecting that someone will own it immediately. It can be used any way they see fit to help those in need.
I once made one for Stop Domestic Violence. They had a surplus of them and used mine for a while to decorate their office and later on raffled it to help buy food for their shelter. I am sure at the end someone is loving my quilt and the charitable organization got their much needed assistance.
I once made one for Stop Domestic Violence. They had a surplus of them and used mine for a while to decorate their office and later on raffled it to help buy food for their shelter. I am sure at the end someone is loving my quilt and the charitable organization got their much needed assistance.
#15
Sometimes it is exactly what I want to give, maybe not what is exactly wanted to receive.
I give a gift from the heart and hope that is the way it is accepted. What happens to it from the point I "gift" it, is entirely up to the receiver.
Money now goes to many family members for gifts as I have seen what they do with other gifts and my heart says they need money worse at certain times.
I give a gift from the heart and hope that is the way it is accepted. What happens to it from the point I "gift" it, is entirely up to the receiver.
Money now goes to many family members for gifts as I have seen what they do with other gifts and my heart says they need money worse at certain times.
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
For many of us, the very first response to almost any emergency is "He/She/They need hand-made quilts"
Interestingly enough, some of us are willing to spend $20+ and hours of time on a quilt and donating it - but not so willing to send $20 in cash for mundane things like water and food. (Assuming that the cash would go for what it was intended)
Wonder why?
Interestingly enough, some of us are willing to spend $20+ and hours of time on a quilt and donating it - but not so willing to send $20 in cash for mundane things like water and food. (Assuming that the cash would go for what it was intended)
Wonder why?
And, no tarring and feathering...you just asked a legit question.
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I would send money to help...IF someone I knew was going there and would make sure it got to whomever I wanted it to go to.
Once, driving around in Mexico my brother and his wife ran onto a girl's orphanage that was in dire need of everything. So for some years they went back and took a lot of stuff there, and we all dug deep for them. He was/is hard nosed enough to make sure that every dress and every pair of shoes and every dollar went to that orphanage and none other. He even piped in water so they wouldn't have to buy it a few gallons at a time.
Now where else could this happen? Every thing we sent went right there.
But other charities? I don't really trust them.
Once, driving around in Mexico my brother and his wife ran onto a girl's orphanage that was in dire need of everything. So for some years they went back and took a lot of stuff there, and we all dug deep for them. He was/is hard nosed enough to make sure that every dress and every pair of shoes and every dollar went to that orphanage and none other. He even piped in water so they wouldn't have to buy it a few gallons at a time.
Now where else could this happen? Every thing we sent went right there.
But other charities? I don't really trust them.
#18
Originally Posted by Lori S
Sometimes cash or $$ is the best choice... but we often want the reciever to know we cared enough to send something more ... our time ... our caring... our hugs... to us quilters .. quilts are so much of our being we really feel we are giving more when we give quilts.
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Funny, just below my letter when I pushed "SEND" came this thing right below it!!!!!!
Donate Car to Make-A-Wish
Donate your Car to Help CA kids Free towing/ Maximum Tax Deduction
wheelsforwishes. org/ Make-A-Wish
Donate Car to Make-A-Wish
Donate your Car to Help CA kids Free towing/ Maximum Tax Deduction
wheelsforwishes. org/ Make-A-Wish
#20
I get tired of everyone wanting money and not items. I have also been dissapointed over the years with how money was handled. If some one needs food I would definitely give food over a quilt. I am just leary over giving money. When we adopted our first two children we also sponsored children in orphanages and send money monthly. When our children were home I asked the agency if I could send a thank you note and a picture to the people that had sponsored our children. I then found out that each of my children had 8 sponsors. The combined monthly money collected on each of my children was the same as a years income in the country they were living. It definitely was not spend on my children.
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