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02-08-2009, 10:08 AM | #1 | |
King Of Wishful Thinking
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Soldiers Angels
I just got an appeal from Soldiers Angels for Valentine's Day packages.
http://www.angelpackages.org/Valentine/ I'm probably going to give. I've already given to Soldiers Angels and I appreciate the job they do. But I still wanted to check a few things, just as if it was an unfamiliar charity. IRS registration I then checked them with Guidestar (I had to open a free account). Confirmed from their 2007 IRS form 990 that about %73 of gross receipts went to programs and not fund raising and administration. The only downside was that their website they use for processing is hosted by www.ifr-ors.com, which is registered to Eberle Communications. Quote:
It's still a little annoying, and an example of how we humans tend to complicate things. BTW, give $30 to Soldiers Angels. As long as those care packages get there, I don't care if the devil or Tom Delay himself delivers them.
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02-08-2009, 01:19 PM | #2 |
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I'm just going to to donate food to our local food bank, as a distressing number of the homeless in Tucson are veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan.
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02-08-2009, 03:07 PM | #3 |
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Tester-San's brother is deploying on Monday. I may wait and see what his platoon would like, and then send to him.
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02-08-2009, 03:29 PM | #4 |
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If they're anything like Brits (prolly not!) they need toiletries inc razors, toothpaste, toothbrushes; sweets (candy) especially in tins; chewing gum; Vaseline (for the lips!) and Tabasco.
I got cards back after sending my first lot (the second went to the Territorial Army because I'd moved here and had no contact for overseas). They made me cry - it was such a little thing I did. Afterwards I wished I'd sent a female package too because they are often forgotten, but I bought all male. I know you have the sense to send what it needed, Wolf. But the reaction I got shows anything you send is greeted with thanks.
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02-09-2009, 07:01 PM | #6 | |
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I was able to get my donation in today.
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Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE!I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama |
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02-09-2009, 07:36 PM | #7 |
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That's really cool Rich. Having had the experience, getting a package from someone you don't know is very uplifting for the morale. It lets us know that people are thinking about us.
Sundae, all soldiers are basically the same, I would add to your list baby wipes. Thank God for baby wipes! oh yea, a good deck of cards is always a good thing to send.
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