Dear The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, various Children's Hospitals, and other cancer and veterans non-profit organizations:
I was thrilled when, after I moved into my new home, I received some nice, timely new address labels in the mail from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, along with a nickel. I sent a ONE-TIME $30 - $50 donation check in return.
Unfortunately, I did not realize that my information would be shared with every non-profit organization under the sun, and that every non-profit organization would follow suit and send me address labels, stickers, and Christmas gift tags.
Note that I have discarded, and will continue to discard, the various labels that are delivered to me daily -- except for the occasional nickel, which I will keep.
I'm quite picky about my charitable donations and usually research each organization to ensure that more than 90% of my donation will go toward the cause and not overhead and administrative expenses such as the costs associated with creating, printing and mailing address labels. Accordingly, I do not plan to contribute to an address label mailer again.
Regards,
Sunshine
Location: buried in junk mail.
I was thrilled when, after I moved into my new home, I received some nice, timely new address labels in the mail from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, along with a nickel. I sent a ONE-TIME $30 - $50 donation check in return.
Unfortunately, I did not realize that my information would be shared with every non-profit organization under the sun, and that every non-profit organization would follow suit and send me address labels, stickers, and Christmas gift tags.
Note that I have discarded, and will continue to discard, the various labels that are delivered to me daily -- except for the occasional nickel, which I will keep.
I'm quite picky about my charitable donations and usually research each organization to ensure that more than 90% of my donation will go toward the cause and not overhead and administrative expenses such as the costs associated with creating, printing and mailing address labels. Accordingly, I do not plan to contribute to an address label mailer again.
Regards,
Sunshine
Location: buried in junk mail.