my2leftfeet
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I understand your felings and have often felt the same. I am a leader in scouts as I said earlier the bag pack is one of the major fundraising items during the year, we do it at christmas(1day)& easter (2days).MissRibena said:I don't usually feel too obliged but I am sick of the "ambush" tactics used by charity collectors. The whole "have you a minute for Concern/Whoever" thing gets on my nerves, particularly since it's money they want and not a "minute". And the collectors get paid (minimally, I know) and are branded up to their eyeballs (bibs, brollies, clipboards, pens etc), so how much of the money actually goes to charity in the end anyway?
But worse of all recently on a bridge crossing the Shannon, there were people with high-vis jackets standing in the middle of the road on the bridge appearing to stop the traffic (or at least the traffic was stopping, thinking it was the Gardai). It turns out they are collecting money for the local rowing club.
Whatever about the "real charities" collecting by dubious methods, I am fed up with local people looking for my money to support their hobbies or those of their kids. Nobody pays for mine. I don't even understand how people think it's ok to do this.
Rebecca
That is fine for yourself andmyself as we can afford to do so, not everyone is in teh same situation, we try to keep the cost of scouting as low as possible so that kids from every strata of society can take part. Also I would point out that many people would like to make a small donation to orginisations that they are not directly involved in at that time, maybe they were when they were kids etc, maybe they like the orginisation ect. that is why people contribute and if people didn't there would be no collections. voluntary groups need to fundraise , if you don't want to contribute don't.MissRibena said:I am fed up with local people looking for my money to support their hobbies or those of their kids. Nobody pays for mine. I don't even understand how people think it's ok to do this.
Me too - These were the kind of uniforms that we ensured were subsidised as required.MissRibena said:The kind of uniforms I meant was (and this is harking back to my own time) brownie and guide uniforms, karate kit etc.
I have to agree with Vanilla. I also hate bag packers in the supermarket. When you get home you never know what you'll find thrown into a bag. Frozens/Dairy with detergents!Vanilla said:I want to put all the yoghurts/ potentially leaky fragile items together. I do not want meat to be packed with other products. I do not want soft fruit in with hard items. I want all the tins together. Certain items have to be packed right side up.
RainyDay said:Hi Rebecca - Just one more piece of information to throw into the pot. In my case, the behind-the-scenes work that was to ensure that in cases of genuine need, kids weren't blocked from participation for financial reasons would have been invisible to other kids and parents. It wasn't widely advertised or highlighted. It wasn't always the obvious 'poor' who were helped out either. There may well have been stuff going on behind the scenes in your club which was not visible to all.
pricilla said:I think it would be better if the bag packers only were at half the tills. Then if you wanted you get your bags packed, you could.
I don't like things pushed upon me like that.
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