"graham" > wrote in message
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> On 12/02/2015 9:06 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 2/12/2015 12:33 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:45:41 -0500, Cheryl >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/11/2015 10:35 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a Prime member and I have been shopping at Amazon Smile for a
>>>>> while now. I love that every purchase I make sends a bit of money to
>>>>> the charity I have designated.
>>>>
>>>> Same here. My charity must get quite a bit from me, but I've never
>>>> been
>>>> able to find out what percentage of your purchase goes to them. My
>>>> charity is a local cat rescue, they are also my charity of choice
>>>> through payroll at work.
>>>
>>> If you read the link, it tells you:
>>>
>>> The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from
>>> your eligible AmazonSmile purchases.
>>>
>>
>> I think my favorite charities do better with checks from me.
>>
> Agreed!
> However, I'm re-evaluating which ones I favour. I am constantly bombarded
> with requests so that I am becoming "charitied-out". Furthermore, some of
> the major charities pay obscene salaries to their CEOs and other senior
> staff.
> Being a "survivor" (Oh, how I hate that term) I give to the major cancer
> fund but I'm seriously questioning whether to this year. It's a bottomless
> pit.

I stopped giving to two charities in previous years because of the salaries
of the staff!

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