Friday May 16, 2008 My thoughts on the economy and charitable giving...
As you may or may not know, in memory of my mother who lost her battle to lung cancer, in honor of my aunt who is now a cancer survivor and for my pups, one who lost his battle and one who is now a survivor, I participate in the local Livermore Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society.My fundraising goal this year was $3K without Sun's matching funds. I can only guess that the downturn in the economy has folks tightening up their belts because as of now, I've just hit the $1K mark. By this time last year, I was already beyond the $2K mark.
While I understand having to tighten your belt, heck, I'm doing it at my house too, IMHO, charitable giving shouldn't be the first to be cut from your budgets. Cut out that grande latte you have on the way to work, ca-ching, money saved. Get your mani-pedis once a month instead of twice a month, ca-ching, more money saved. Downgrade your cable choices, ca-ching, you get my point. There are lots of things that folks can do to save their pennies without, and again, this is only my opinion, having to resort to pulling their support from the many charitable causes out there that need us.
That said, maybe you can only afford to make a small donation to benefit the American Cancer Society at this time, but I am a firm believer that no donation is too small. Won't you consider making a secure donation at my RFL website?.
Sun will match a donation as small as $5.00. I am ready to take care of all the paperwork in order to get your donation matched by Sun! Once you've made your donation, just drop me an email with your employee ID, mailstop, email address, dept number, date of hire and the amount of your donation.
Thank you for your support.
( May 16 2008, 11:29:58 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [1]