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Originally Posted by patteeu
My sister-in-law used to be really devoted to the Susan Komen Breast Cancer organization. Every year, she would round up several women to put a team together for one of their 3-day, 60-mile walk for the cure events. She did it in 3 or 4 different cities and she spent a lot of time raising money both for her own donation commitment and also to help the other members of her teams raise theirs. My wife did it with her 2 or 3 times.
A month or so ago, my wife was talking to her and asked her where she was going to walk this year and it turns out that she has completely disassociated herself with that charity. Apparently, she saw an article that described just how small the fraction of her donations that actually went to breast cancer research was compared to the overhead of the charity and she was disgusted. I don't know the breakdown, but it didn't surprise me because a lot of these large charity organizations are that way. Now she works with some local dog rescue charity that she feels better about.
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Yeah, I do think there is a lot of money that goes to the ACS. However, I will support the ACS as well, because they do employ people who help in several tasks. One such task is manning phones for people who call in looking for information regarding different cancers, local doctors they can go to, organizations that provide specific kinds of help (i.e. food, prescriptions, etc) for cancer patients, as well as providing transportation to doctors appointments for those who need it (all free of charge to the patient). They also have in-house personnel who work to organize every event, do the marketing, etc.
This is why I also enjoy the professional organization I'm in. Helping local girls who can't afford prom dresses, women who can't afford business clothes for work/looking for work, etc. I will also probably do more with the DCO gift wrap booth next year. That was a lot of fun.