Giving to too many charities at once
Posted by: frilly
29th Jan 2010 02:28pm
They seem to want more and more each year they say their costs are going up but so are mine and we are on fixed incomes. I am disabled and we are on a pension.
This seems to have no affect when told to them perhaps I should jump on their list LOL. Certain charities help pay outstanding fines etc that people "find they are unable to pay" This is so wrong they should never be given money.
Vouchers or coupons. We see so many TV reports showing how young people and perhaps not so young blatantly tell their stories about how they can live up in Byron Bay on the "Dole"
How can they do this when we have to list every source of income we have and our pension goes up and down even weekly in tune with our assets. The fact that these assets we cannot cash in as the interest from them supply the remainder of our pension.
We thought we had totally covered ourselves for our retirement until the market crashed.
That was the biggest shock of all to find so much money had just disappeared. Now we have to keep Centrelink informed of every change in our financial situation. How do these others manage to get money so easily
One more thing, I said I was disable, it means lots of Drs and hospital visits. We can almost guarantee that after a hospital visit we will receive a request for a Charity at that hospital. Charities are exempt from the "Blocking of unwanted calls"
terribrown
- 19th Jul 2010 04:18pm
I have opposing opinions.
A number of years ago I did 6 months fund raising for The Cancer Fund and was amazed to see, at weekly meetings in their building, the amount of staff-members who went down to the Basement for a smoke on their coffee break - a real eye-opener.!
On the other hand, when my baby was only 4 months old, my husband was injured and hospitalized - a result of which, financially I was left destitute. The Smith Family in Sydney provided me with food vouchers and a lot of emotional support. No questions asked.
Furniture and clothing no longer needed by me goes straight to the Salvation Army but I do have a problem with trying to donate money to every charity that asks.
I do feel that we need to limit ourselves to just one or two worthwhile charities, otherwise we would be needing help ourselves from them
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