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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Charity Shows...

I remember writing an entry about those charity shows on TV a few years back, but I simply have to write something about it again.

I was at Angela's place watching some charity program with her mother and sister the other day when I see this old Malaysian man using his body to drag some van. The man's in his 70s (I think) but still managed to drag the van 4 metres. That is rather impressive on it's own, but I find it stupid to use such an act to get people to donate money. Anyway, that is not the main thing I wanna talk about.

I want to talk about the money that people donate. I remember a time when calling a certain hotline will have me donate $2 to a certain organisation. I bet some of you remember that don't you? Then, a few years down the road, a single call donates $5. That's the minimum and we don't have any choices to donate anything less. The program I saw the other day has a hotline for a $6 donation. $6 is the lowest denomination. Can anyone explain to me why the minimum amount is going higher and higher as the year goes by?

This trend deters people from donating money. For most people, it's easier to part with $2 than with $6. That is why the total amount of money received by the organisations for each show is getting smaller. Wanting to get more donations, the organisations push the minimum donation amount up and produce more atrocious and stupid acts. It's a vicious cycle. Something has to be done if the needy are to be helped. Enough said.

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Hanged @ 6:57 PM