Today, I got the first solicitation of 2013! And guess who it was from? Give me an N, give me an R...that's right - my number one bad charity of 2012, the Natural Resources Defense Council. Alas, there was no live stamp on the return envelope - though I guess that's progress of a sort.
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After my Cranky Philanthropist post last week, I made sure to "amplify" it by posting it on Twitter, four separate times, calling out each of the bad charities and using their Twitter handles so that they'd see the tweets. Did anyone respond? One charity did - Riverkeeper.
Riverkeeper's Director of Development followed up with an email, and after a back and forth, we made up. She sent me a copy of last year's thank you note - which I assume had been lost by the post office - and I told her they could keep us on the list if they promised only one solicitation a year (and no newsletters).
So, Riverkeeper's back on the good charity list.
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Believe me, I'm not saving all of the charitable mail this year. But I am still paying attention.
I am going to have to start keeping track, too. I get so frustrated by all the wasted paper (particularly the pre-printed address labels).
ReplyDeleteAh, the power of actual human-to-human communication!
ReplyDeleteYou're such a badass.
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