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MADD's `exorbitant costs' anger charity's volunteers
Toronto Star ^ | December 9, 2006 | KEVIN DONOVAN

Posted on 12/09/2006 3:40:41 PM PST by Kaslin

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To: ValerieUSA

"Yes, the damned seatbelt law is hideous and abused. The lowering of the legal level of blood alcohol is also insidious."

Point oh two is in the future, then a couple of years after that will be a "hint" of alcohol on your breath. Jail!

Welcome back, Carrie Nation.


41 posted on 12/09/2006 10:37:27 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: SteveMcKing

The worst is when the FOP(Fraternal Order of Police) call. I tell them that while I respect our law officers, their Union can go to hell and needs to stop trying to pass for a charity.


42 posted on 12/09/2006 11:07:04 PM PST by ME-262 (The Democrat party is slowly being reduced by abortion AIDS and imprisonment...and soon deportation!)
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To: IronJack
Drinkers Against Mad Mothers (DAMM) spends its money right where it says it's going to: at the bar buying pitchers.

I "give until it hurts."

43 posted on 12/09/2006 11:11:11 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin
Not necessarily.

I'm the ED of a not for profit professional organization, and I'm not rolling in big bucks. I make a great hourly wage, but only work part-time. For what my association needs and what I do (cause yes, I'm that damn good at it), they don't need to pay me full-time.

My philosophy has always been to do more with less, make it better by streamlining and cutting away waste. Invest as much as possible back into the organization. Control costs, control costs, control costs and host programs where the fee to attend is just a hair over what it took to put it together. I've never strong-armed anyone for sponsorship, never hunted down funds just to justify my salary, and never played footloose with the association's money.

You know what? We've grown almost 100% in membership, 150% in sponsorship, and 50% in new programs and services in just 3 years. Sponsors are lining up to support our organization because they like what we are doing and see value in it.

Organizations that have to hire paid professional fund raisers have lost their vision, are top heavy, and need a total revamping. We easily fit the 60% model - but dedicated leadership, a great Board of Directors, and a whole group of fantastic volunteers, make it possible!

44 posted on 12/09/2006 11:16:39 PM PST by TheWriterTX (Proud Retrosexual Wife of 13 Years)
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Since when has MADD been nothing more than a victims-retribution group instead of the victem's advocacy group they've been proclaiming.

I'd like to see a full public auditing of MADD's budget.

I'd like to see the funds donated by everybody worldwide spend for victim benefit.

How much of MADD's black budget goes to beareucratucical "adminstrative fees"?


45 posted on 12/09/2006 11:28:33 PM PST by raygun (Whenever I see U.N. blue helmets I feel like laughing and puking at the same time.)
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To: Kaslin
investigation reveals most of the high-profile charity's money is spent on fundraising and administration, leaving only about 19 cents of each donor dollar for charitable works.

81% of donations go into getting more donations? That sound more criminal than charitable.

46 posted on 12/10/2006 5:38:25 AM PST by newzjunkey (Prepare. President Rodham, 01-20-09. VP Richardson?)
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To: Kaslin
In a SW suburb of Chicago the MADD Chapter Chairperson (Female) is now in prison for embezzling most of the money. She had a 'little' gambling problem and spent it in the area Casinos.
47 posted on 12/10/2006 5:42:25 AM PST by Condor51 (Tagline Under Construction - Kindly Wear Your Hardhat)
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To: CORedneck
police checkpoints reminiscent of Nazi Germany

GRRRRRRRR!!! I've only been caught in one of those, but I'd have a hard time convicting anyone who shot their way out of one if I were on a jury. Talk about infuriating. It wasted an HOUR of my time late on a Saturday night when I was trying to get sleepy, tired, grouchy children (including myself) home.

48 posted on 12/10/2006 5:42:32 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Why isn't there an "NRA" for the rest of my rights?)
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To: dfwgator
I "give until it hurts."

That's the kind of generosity DAMM needs. Won't you make a donation at your local tavern, inn, pub, or bawdy house? A brewer or distiller somewhere will thank you for it, and you will make his season a little brighter.

49 posted on 12/10/2006 7:04:14 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: Kaslin
But a Star investigation reveals most of the high-profile charity's money is spent on fundraising and administration, leaving only about 19 cents of each donor dollar for charitable works.

I'll just not drink and drive in support of MADD.

That leave more money for spirits at home... ; - )

If the taxes on alcohol netted 19 cents on the dollar for product I would quit!

50 posted on 12/10/2006 8:34:00 AM PST by EGPWS
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To: Kaslin
"These are exorbitant costs," said Sue Storey, whose mother was killed and father injured when their car was hit by a drunk driver in 1999. Storey is the co-founder of MADD's Dufferin chapter.

Sue, Sue, Sue...PAC's and politicians don't come cheap these day's.

51 posted on 12/10/2006 8:36:21 AM PST by EGPWS
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To: Paleo Conservative

Ping!


52 posted on 12/10/2006 8:39:02 AM PST by Sword_Svalbardt (Sword Svalbardt)
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To: Kaslin

BTTT


53 posted on 12/10/2006 8:39:58 AM PST by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: NonValueAdded
IMHO any group that does not spend at least 80% of their budget towards program expense should lose their charity designation and be considered a subsidiary of the professional fundraising company.

Exactly. My thought when I saw they spent 19 cents on the dollar for their actual charity was that I wouldn't give to them even if the number was reversed. I don't give to any charity that has admin costs over 10%.

54 posted on 12/10/2006 11:34:19 AM PST by GATOR NAVY
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To: EGPWS

O/T, but funny, concerning "telemarketers:"

http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/


55 posted on 12/10/2006 11:39:01 AM PST by Howlin (40 days to Destin!)
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To: Howlin
O/T, but funny, concerning "telemarketers:"

ROTFLMAO!!!!

You have given me a "Bob and Tom" moment!

Bless your heart! : - )

56 posted on 12/10/2006 12:14:36 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: EGPWS

I knew you'd love that. :-)


57 posted on 12/10/2006 12:19:55 PM PST by Howlin (40 days to Destin!)
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To: GoldCountryRedneck

Officers of the RED CROSS make 6 figures annually!


58 posted on 12/10/2006 2:50:58 PM PST by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: vpintheak

"A good idea gone bad, just like any other beaurocracy."


You said it early on... that's all that needs to be said in this thread.


59 posted on 12/10/2006 2:54:56 PM PST by TNLawyer (Feminazis the world over can shut up now!)
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To: 100%FEDUP; raygun; TNLawyer
Officers of the RED CROSS make 6 figures annually!

An interesting excerpt from a report by David J. Hanson Ph D. published about MADD:

Although the organization's net worth exceeds $25 million dollars, MADD has paid telemarketers huge fees to raise tens of millions of dollars per year from hard-working Americans. It would appear that raising money has become an end in itself at the MADD bureaucracy, with high salaries ranging close to $200,000.00 per year, numerous employees, and huge retirement funds.

Salaries/benefits for some at this "volunteer" organization are estimated at:

Dean Wilkerson $311, 919.00

Bobby Heard $189,489.00

Janice Bloom $154,248.00

Kyle Ward $152,619.00

Within a period of two decades, Mothers Against Drunk Driving has degenerated from a public service organization devoted to reducing traffic fatalities into an anti-alcohol bureaucracy largely focused on raising ever more money for itself.

Not a poor 'lil 'ol charity at all!!

60 posted on 12/10/2006 3:22:34 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
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