If you are going to target a donation why go through a middleman? Just give directly to the charity of your choice.
Too bad Target has banned Salvation Army bell ringers, because there is no other way to give them money.
And I would go to church, if only they sent a free shuttle to my house to pick me up
"Just give directly to the charity of your choice."
Exactly right.
Everytime I go grocery shopping during the Christmas Season, I drop at least a buck, if not a five spot, in the SA bucket. When I write checks for charities, I scour lists of charities and usually decide on 2-3 each year, then send off a check directly to those charity. Middlemen are not needed.
Precisely--It is best to give to the charity you want to actually receive the money and not to a middle man whose overhead costs are almost criminal (like the CEO skimming big bucks a couple years ago) and whose policies you may diagree with.