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Originally Posted by DEA
if you get colon cancer you better hope you can pay for your own treatment or know your way around the medical books to find yourself a cure 
if it wasnt for fundraisers and things like this alot of money that goes to people's medical care and research for medications wouldnt ever get donated.
just a way of bringing attention to a cause and trying to help.
if your kid got a rare form of cancer ..would you rather take the whole load on your back and what you can pay for upfront?... or would you like to have the ability to help them even more by using the facilities or techinological advances these fundraisers pay for?..
its easy to point the finger until its your ass fire shitting your guts out every 30 minutes  |
Please point out where I said donations are a bad thing? I clearly said it is people who do it for personal gain. I am all for helping people but lets get real. You going on some run is not doing shit for the cause. People want to drop there money in the "jar" and look the other way.
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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett
But how much of those donations really help find the "cure"?
Verses how much is going towards overhead, staffing, administrators, marketing, etc?
Also, many fundraisers are managed by outside 3rd parties who take their, often exorbitant, financial cut of the proceeds.
Furthermore, often is the case that very little money from such organizations ever reach those truly in need - the biggest donor of money for medical research is the U.S. government followed by pharmaceutical companies (which generally don't seek out cures, but rather expensive long-term treatments, but that's a whole discussion in and of itself).
Don't get me wrong, it's great people want to help through interactive fundraisers, such as runs and walks, which are fun for those who attend; makes people feel good...
However, I assume is the point MetaMan is making is that putting those efforts more directly towards the organization's mission (ie. finding the cure to X) without all the extra fanfare would be more meaningful and productive.
Ron
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Bingo people these days DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CURE! they care about patting themselves on the back as a "job well done".
I dont have to use someone else's hardships to make myself sound or feel like a good person. These do gooder types FEED off other peoples hardships. They crave it. It makes me completely sick.
It's like donating to the food bank and people give the worst shit in their cupboard even their dog doesn't want to eat. Like wow people sure help causes!