[Grovenet] Charities

[Martha Khoury]

Allen -- Would you write a letter to the editor please. I've done my  
fair share of rabble rousing this year, but I wholeheartedly agree  
with you!

Safeway is getting kudos from these organizations by passing through  
their customers' donations. I prefer to donate to charities of my  
choice and I have strong negative feelings about Safeway every time I  
get asked to donate -- which as you say is twice each shopping trip.

I do shop there frequently because of their electronic scrip program  
which enables a portion of my purchases to go to the charity of MY  
choice.

--Martha Khoury

On Jul 27, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Allen Warren wrote:

> Interesting timing on the email, especially since Safeway is into  
> their 4th fundraiser of the year: Muscular Dystrophy.  Earlier this  
> year it was Easter Seals, then Prostate Cancer Research, then Breast  
> Cancer Research (or was it the American Breast Cancer Foundation?),  
> and now it's for Muscular Dystrophy.
>
> Ever since early this year when Safeway kicked off their yearly  
> "would you like to round up your total to an even $xx for the Easter  
> Seals Foundation?" drive that I've tried to NOT shop at Safeway if  
> at all possible.  What's even more galling is after you enter your  
> Safeway # or home phone number in the process to pay with debit, the  
> touchpad screen displays a "would you like to donate?" screen.  It's  
> a double charity request: first electronic and then orally by  
> cashier.  And you can see many of the cashiers flinch a little when  
> they ask because numerous customers get quite irate when asked to  
> donate.
>
> I'm guessing many of the charities make millions from Safeway, but I  
> disagree with the program.  I don't shop @grocery stores with the  
> intent of giving to charity.  I keep that separate.  I've written  
> complaints each of the past 3 years to Safeway, to no avail.  And I  
> didn't even get the obligatory PC form letter response.  Even though  
> I spend roughly $1400/month for all grocery-type items, I'm not even  
> a pebble in the ocean of Safeway wealth.  Since my email letters are  
> not acknowledged, I'll continue to protest in the small venue  
> afforded me: I'll reduce to a minimum my Safeway shopping.
>
>
> Allen Warren
>
> From: Ed Davie <edavie at verizon.net>
> To: "Grovenet, F.G." <grovenet at rdrop.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 3:02:49 PM
> Subject: [Grovenet] Charities
>
> I just received my most recent copy of the
> American Institute of Philanthropy Watchdog
> report.
> You may all be familiar with this charity rating
> guide but ...
>
> I couldn't help doing a little comparison
> shopping.
> For example, out of 17 organizations under "Crime
> & Fire Prevention", 14 are rated "F" or poor!
> Just a cursory look says they may spend as little
> as $2.00 for program out of every $100.00 raised
> in a worse case to possibly $30 in the best case.
>
> Another really bad area is "Cancer".
> Out of 39 organizations, 17 are rated "F".
> Including for example:
>    American Breast Cancer Foundation
>    American Institute for Cancer Research
>    Cancer Fund of America
>    Cancer Recovery Foundation of America
>    Etc. Etc.
>
> If you aren't familiar with this publication check
> www.charitywatch.org.
> or 773-529-2300. Published 3 times a year. A
> subscription costs $40.00 a year although I have
> always gotten it for $35.00.
> Ed
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