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<blockquote data-quote="AvgJoe" data-source="post: 595061" data-attributes="member: 22922"><p>VirtualPro: If you look at my original post I said the following: "Charity is about giving of your time and resources to help those in need. It does not mean doing that while on the company dime. Don't take this post the wrong way. Giving to charities (including United Way) and being a good Corporate citizen is very important." Although these Wii tournaments are fun for those that participate and a select few that watch, why not channel that fun into other activities and not focused on raising money, such as cookouts, sporting events, etc...? Of course budget constraints severely limit that (except in G&A where we still have the annual cookout). I believe all these small United Way fundraising events along with the ENDLESS emails, sour many people on donating to the annual campaign which is the primary driver of our charity funds. I wonder how many of these people participating in the Wii tournaments, dunk tanks and yes, golf tournaments DURING WORK HOURS would visit a homeless shelter supported by the United Way on the WEEKEND? How many of them volunteer their time in their community outside of work? With continuous budget cuts to non-operating expense, we need to evaluate the NET results to fundraising events AFTER expenses (including labor).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AvgJoe, post: 595061, member: 22922"] VirtualPro: If you look at my original post I said the following: "Charity is about giving of your time and resources to help those in need. It does not mean doing that while on the company dime. Don't take this post the wrong way. Giving to charities (including United Way) and being a good Corporate citizen is very important." Although these Wii tournaments are fun for those that participate and a select few that watch, why not channel that fun into other activities and not focused on raising money, such as cookouts, sporting events, etc...? Of course budget constraints severely limit that (except in G&A where we still have the annual cookout). I believe all these small United Way fundraising events along with the ENDLESS emails, sour many people on donating to the annual campaign which is the primary driver of our charity funds. I wonder how many of these people participating in the Wii tournaments, dunk tanks and yes, golf tournaments DURING WORK HOURS would visit a homeless shelter supported by the United Way on the WEEKEND? How many of them volunteer their time in their community outside of work? With continuous budget cuts to non-operating expense, we need to evaluate the NET results to fundraising events AFTER expenses (including labor). [/QUOTE]
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