General Music Chat

Some hard facts about ACS:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/american ... -go/nFX4j/

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.c ... orgid=6495

http://www.charitywatch.org/articles/eyepoppingpay.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122963299671419401.html

I actually donate quite a bit to charity and my wife chooses our recipients very carefully. She has a deep passion for charity and I support and encourage this. I also encourage others to give generously even when it seems they cannot afford to. Giving changes the lives of both the recipient and the donor in positive and unexpected ways.

Give wisely and generously.

your ignorance about where ACS money goes is showing, and its so disheartening to see that attitude not just from one person, but as a general consensus, that I can only shake my head in disbelief. You are showing the worst in knee-jerk reactions and it's painful and obvious.

Your best bet really would be to just stop typing and accept that you aren't involved, don't care to be involved, and therefore have limited knowledge about what they really do. There's a campaign against charities- just more propaganda, where a few bad apples have given the whole group a bad name.
I can't keep doing this negativity thing, it's seriously discouraging and I'm going to go somewhere more positive. Adios amigos.

You ought to thank PaperDog for pointing out why you haven't raised any funds yet. Whether what he's saying is true or not, now you know the perception you'll have to overcome first.

So instead of getting offended and giving up, take those negative comments and address them upfront to everyone. Let people hear your passion for the cause and your confidence in the recipient of their money.

Honestly, my first reaction was how you could probably take all the resources and energy you have spent on this and just donate it directly to this organization instead of seeking sponsors, if it's beating you down that much.

But don't let it get you depressed, bro. Pick up your cross and carry it daily. Let this indifference make you more determined to meet the challenge. We all know you can.



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I guess the suggestion to Kramer to take a guitar into one of the wards, to make some souls momentarily happy, amidst the hospital of inhospitably... was just too over the top?