Afaik, Jerry's Kids and the Red Cross don't get money by raffles. They rely
on free donations of time and money. This discussion brings to mind a
number of scandals involving United Way and Red Cross here in Western
Colorado. To my way of thinking, the best charity begins at home. You have
to question why this guy can't get enough donations locally, and has to take
it to a national, or international really, news group.

That is why I prefer to donate time, instead of money. You have some
control, and you get to see, what good it does. God helps those, who help
themselves.

Earle

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:431A06E5.BD969BE@***.net...
> Hi Matt,
> I have a feeling about this Jeep raffle, it's kind of like what a
> friend's church had, in which he being the husband of one of it's
> comities, won the new GMC, surprise, surprise. And I know of a couple of
> other gas station raffles of the sixties that were not on the up and up.
> A pretty new '65 Cadillac a relation won. So I don't want this group to
> be apart of it. Let Jerry's Kids, or other commercial drives like the
> Red Cross, post here, that would be all right with me.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
> >
> > I don't believe it *doesn't* fit, charitable drives aren't mentioned at
all
> > in the charter, especially in the "forbidden" list. This isn't a
commercial
> > post, so why would it not by OK?
> >
> > My advice, set up a Pay Pal account to sell tickets online, then post an
> > announcement with "OT" in the subject line for Off Topic. Sounds like a
good
> > idea.

 

Amen.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Afaik, Jerry's Kids and the Red Cross don't get money by raffles. They rely
> on free donations of time and money. This discussion brings to mind a
> number of scandals involving United Way and Red Cross here in Western
> Colorado. To my way of thinking, the best charity begins at home. You have
> to question why this guy can't get enough donations locally, and has to take
> it to a national, or international really, news group.
>
> That is why I prefer to donate time, instead of money. You have some
> control, and you get to see, what good it does. God helps those, who help
> themselves.
>
> Earle

 

Amen.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Afaik, Jerry's Kids and the Red Cross don't get money by raffles. They rely
> on free donations of time and money. This discussion brings to mind a
> number of scandals involving United Way and Red Cross here in Western
> Colorado. To my way of thinking, the best charity begins at home. You have
> to question why this guy can't get enough donations locally, and has to take
> it to a national, or international really, news group.
>
> That is why I prefer to donate time, instead of money. You have some
> control, and you get to see, what good it does. God helps those, who help
> themselves.
>
> Earle

 

Amen.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Afaik, Jerry's Kids and the Red Cross don't get money by raffles. They rely
> on free donations of time and money. This discussion brings to mind a
> number of scandals involving United Way and Red Cross here in Western
> Colorado. To my way of thinking, the best charity begins at home. You have
> to question why this guy can't get enough donations locally, and has to take
> it to a national, or international really, news group.
>
> That is why I prefer to donate time, instead of money. You have some
> control, and you get to see, what good it does. God helps those, who help
> themselves.
>
> Earle

 

Amen.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Afaik, Jerry's Kids and the Red Cross don't get money by raffles. They rely
> on free donations of time and money. This discussion brings to mind a
> number of scandals involving United Way and Red Cross here in Western
> Colorado. To my way of thinking, the best charity begins at home. You have
> to question why this guy can't get enough donations locally, and has to take
> it to a national, or international really, news group.
>
> That is why I prefer to donate time, instead of money. You have some
> control, and you get to see, what good it does. God helps those, who help
> themselves.
>
> Earle