Old friend Charity, cruel twisted smile.....

I like to donate to charities.  It helps others, and makes me feel good too.  But I get so much CRAP in the mail from charities, both those I have donated to and those I have NEVER donated to.  So for the entire month of November, I donated to no charities.  But I kept all the stuff I got from ANY charity from November 1st to the 30th.

I threw away the envelope it came in and the return envelope.  EVERYTHING else I kept, and kept on a pile.  THIS is that pile:

So what did I received from these charities?   I got 1 calendar, 2 world maps, 3 sheets of gift tags, 4 notepads, 3 sheets of wrapping paper, 11 Christmas cards and matching envelopes, several nickels, dimes and even quarters, and countless return address stickers. 

What charities did I get requests from? Here we go:

Easter Seals
Nation Foundation For Cancer Research
Alzheimer's Association
The Hope Center
American Cancer Society
Shriner's Hospitals
The Special Olympics
USO
American Cancer Society (again)
American Heart Association
Smile Train
Multiple Sclerosis
AARP Foundation
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Catholic Relief Services
Habitat For Humanity
University Of Texas Anderson Cancer Center
March Of Dimes
Sloan Kittering Cancer Center
American Leprosy Missions
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
American Diabetes Association
Covenant House
Parkinson's Foundation
Food For The Poor
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Alzheimer's Association (again)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Catholic Relief Services (again)
The Special Olympics (again)
American Indian College Fund
St. Labre Indian School
National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund
Guardian Circle
Children's Appalachian Project
San Mar
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank (again)
USO (again)
Smile Train (again)
Salvation Army (again)
American Parkinson's Disease Association
Lifepath Christian Ministries
Alzheimer's Association (yet again!)
Easter Seals (again)
Habitat For Humanity (again)
Red Cross (again)

So eleven of these mailed me stuff twice, and one did it three times!  What a waste of money!  And this is all just in ONE MONTH!  This is not atypical either.  And this is just ME!  How many other people are they mailing stuff to needlessly?

Seriously, if these places would stop wasting so much money on paper, envelopes, ink and postage, they wouldn't need to solicit so much money in the first place!




POLT