I'm sure you've all received some sort of charitable donation solicitation in the mail at some point in time. You know, they send you address labels with a request for a small donation to their cause. Like most people, I used to just take the labels and throw the request away, but when Guy and I first moved into our apartment, I don't know if it was the thrill of adulthood or if they just caught me on a particularly charitable day, but I decided to send a small token of my appreciation to the VFW. I have many relatives that are veterans, and I thought just sending $15 would be appropriate to outweigh the cost of the labels. After all, they always say that no donation is too small.
Well, all was well and good until we began being flooded with VFW mailings. We now have more address labels than we could use in ten years, some nice notecards, and even a patriotic tote bag. I can't help but thinking that they're taking the well-intentioned $15 I gave and "donating" it right back to me in the form of red-white-and-blue junk!
I'd like to see figures detailing what type of return these junk mail solicitations actually bring in, but until then, I think my charitable donations will be spent elsewhere.
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