Charity in Canada
Mar 14th 2009 | 4:36 am
#16
RETIRED Realtor
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,087
From: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Re: Charity in Canada
I don't think there's an organization I more loath than the United Way. I think it's wrong that they infiltrate the workplace and use managers to pressure thier subordinates to give. I think it's wrong that they provide a well paid sinecure for retired NDP politicians and I hate the idea of giving to an organization that channels such a small proportion of donations to the recipients of charity. The Salvation Army gets my donated dollars, you can't beat them for bang for the buck and they're fabulously politically incorrect.
They are the only large charity I support (and I'm an atheist).
Mar 15th 2009 | 4:32 pm
#17
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,015
Re: Charity in Canada
In Saskatchewan the big fund raiser is Telemiracle. Its a 24 hour fund raising concert that is televised. Run by the Kinsmen, it raises millions to help people with special needs.
http://www.telemiracle.com/
http://www.telemiracle.com/
