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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 263103" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>We are pressured to give, and management is pressured to give even more than we do. I finally gave the minimum this year after opting out the last few years. I give my money directly and volunteer time to other organizations that do a better job than United Way. The management team is pressured to meet a certain goal in their Center every year. We should just be given a handout or have something mailed to us, not dragged into the office and made to fill guilty about it if we don't want to give. The United Way is a fine way to help people if you don't want to do the actual work yourself. I get more personal satisfaction by working hands on with some of these organizations. I presently am a Project COPE Program Director with the Atl. Area Council of the BSA. In the past, I have built a few Habitat for Humanity homes. Fantastic program, I could frame my own house now. I have also worked a soup kitchen feeding homeless people and done a few can food drives. Those really make you appreciate what we are lucky to have. I will encourage everyone to try to do something in your community. Its hard with our hours and demands of our jobs, but the emotional rewards to yourself are priceless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 263103, member: 1674"] We are pressured to give, and management is pressured to give even more than we do. I finally gave the minimum this year after opting out the last few years. I give my money directly and volunteer time to other organizations that do a better job than United Way. The management team is pressured to meet a certain goal in their Center every year. We should just be given a handout or have something mailed to us, not dragged into the office and made to fill guilty about it if we don't want to give. The United Way is a fine way to help people if you don't want to do the actual work yourself. I get more personal satisfaction by working hands on with some of these organizations. I presently am a Project COPE Program Director with the Atl. Area Council of the BSA. In the past, I have built a few Habitat for Humanity homes. Fantastic program, I could frame my own house now. I have also worked a soup kitchen feeding homeless people and done a few can food drives. Those really make you appreciate what we are lucky to have. I will encourage everyone to try to do something in your community. Its hard with our hours and demands of our jobs, but the emotional rewards to yourself are priceless. [/QUOTE]
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