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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #40 on: February 13, 2008, 03:34:49 am »
If we have a thousand dollars, can we donate, say, $250 each to four organizations? Might be a nice way to really spread the love around as much as possible.

While this is a good point, I vote for all the money to one charity, as it would be more meaningful and more noticed.  $250 is not a lot of money. . .  just my 2 cents.
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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #41 on: February 13, 2008, 10:28:03 am »
While this is a good point, I vote for all the money to one charity, as it would be more meaningful and more noticed.  $250 is not a lot of money. . .  just my 2 cents.

I'm going to agree with Pete here.  Donating to just one charity would be my preference, too.

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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #42 on: February 13, 2008, 02:35:52 pm »
I also like the idea of donating a substantial amount of money to one charity rather than small amounts of money to several.  For the record, I only voted for one charity in the list provided here.


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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #43 on: February 14, 2008, 03:01:56 am »
I also agree with donating the money to one or at most two charities.

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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #44 on: February 14, 2008, 03:27:44 am »
While this is a good point, I vote for all the money to one charity, as it would be more meaningful and more noticed.  $250 is not a lot of money. . .  just my 2 cents.

I agree Pete.
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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #46 on: February 16, 2008, 05:54:06 pm »
If everyone who's voted so far has chosen three options, then around 30 have responded to the poll, leaving at least 14 more that can still respond (44 have contributed).  I'll leave it up til next Tuesday, the one-month anniversary of Heath's passing.  Maybe more folks will want to contribute, too.  After that, I'll narrow it down and put up another poll.

this is sort of random, and perhaps irrelevant, but i would love to contribute more... however, I can't till after payday at the end of the month.  maybe once the charity/charities is/are decided upon leave some more time for additional donation?
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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #47 on: February 16, 2008, 06:47:43 pm »
this is sort of random, and perhaps irrelevant, but i would love to contribute more... however, I can't till after payday at the end of the month.  maybe once the charity/charities is/are decided upon leave some more time for additional donation?

Sounds like a good idea, BelAir.  We don't have to be in a big hurry.  :)
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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #48 on: February 16, 2008, 08:57:05 pm »
I also think Pete has a good idea since the money going to one place will have much more of an impact.

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Re: POLL: Where to donate money collected in Heath's memory
« Reply #49 on: February 17, 2008, 12:23:51 am »
Synthesizing as best I can what I've heard everyone say, I'd like to suggest that we remove all the choices that have fewer than 10 votes, and then vote again, this time each of us only getting one or two votes each, with an understanding that we give all the money to the charity that gets the most votes, unless there are two that are so close that we split the money between the two of them.

I also suggest that an ongoing flower fund be considered separately, because it's a different kettle of fish.  This is a one-shot thing we got here.  Anything ongoing would require continued coordination.