Do you worry about what happens to your charitable dollars?
A few weeks ago, Ottawa's Salvation Army fired its executive director after an internal audit revealed that $240,000 had gone missing.
A few days later, the charity revealed that some $2-million worth of toys and other donated goods went missing from, or never reached, its main distribution warehouse in Toronto.
Even though it's a great cause, sure makes you wonder who's minding the store.
But what about the case of Aaron Collins who passed away earlier this year, leaving behind one final wish for his family: Order a pizza and leave the server a $500 tip.
The family started a website to solicit donations, and then headed off to their favourite pizza spot to honour the 30-year-old's last request.
Aaron's brother explains that the family has continued to collect money in order to carry out similar random acts of kindness. The count so far is nearly $65,000, a figure that could keep the family busy leaving the big tips once a week for a few years.
But will they? Here's an example, which seems legit to me. And a more recent one.
Many of the trolls who've seen the videos clearly believe otherwise though. And some see this as little more than a macabre celebration of suicide.
What's your take?
Do you give money when motivated and hope for the best? Or do you try to monitor just what's happening with your donations?
By Gordon Powers, MSN Money
Posted by: fed up at welfare | Jan 2, 2022 8:55:51 AM
i give to charity every week, i give about half of my income to charity, i do it to keep my house and to stay out of jail. the charity is called the federal gov't, the donation, i mean extortion is called taxes, the gov't then gives money to my lazy neighbor and other people like him who has three children, the oldest who is twenty, all on the taxpayers dime, never worked a day in his life. he also pays taxes in the form of cigarettes, he is a chain smoker, his family is always sick, he always used to call to go to the store, always an emergency, even when out of milk, take my kids to the doctor, then wait in the parking lot for 1.5 to three hours, then come back and bitch because the car is cold, the flu that his kids would leave me was lots of fun at work. he used to take change out of my ashtray for his 'milk', then bitched when one day it was empty, do you think that he ever paid for the time or gas. he called one day and i told him that he would have to pay for the time and gas, he said that he had no money, i told him to not buy cigarettes, he said that he needed them, i told him to call someone else and hung up, the end, he would laugh at me and the other neighbor for working. he is not laughing now, he has to pay a cab for all of his trips.