Charity Christmas Cards
A Which? Magazine survey shows that Charity Christmas cards sold on the High Street vary wildly in what percentage of the sale actually goes to Charity. W H Smith and ASDA come out top, with WH Smith cards ranging from 20%-100%, while ASDA it's all at 50%. In some cases it's as little as 6% of the face value.
There are, of course, all sorts of reasons for this – who pays for the print and delivery etc etc. But "charity" on the front doesn't necessarily mean that much of your spend is actually going to Charity. Some cards say on the back of the pack how much – like 5p for every card sold.
If you are seriously bothered about giving to Charity, CardsForGoodCauses gives back 75p in the £1 (that's 75% if maths isn't your strong point) and often ordering direct from a charity catalogue is more effective.
ALternatively – and here's a radical idea which might just take off in the current postal strike crisis – make your own cards for a few people, send emails to everyone else, and just give some money to a charity. That will be something closer to 100% – as long as you check that the charity of your choice is using the money efficiently and not skimming off a large percentage for running costs. Jimmy's Nightshelter is one of our Chapel's regular charities, and it has a fantastic record of getting the funds direct to charitable activity.
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For a nice analysis of why this story isn’t about Rutherford and Bohr see the following:
http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/bohr_storyontests.html
Tell it as a parable if you like – but remove the people’s names as there’s no reliable evidence indicating that either of them had such an incident in their lives.
Ernest Rutherford was not a Scot, he was born in New Zealand and studied for his undergrade degree at the Univeristy of Canterbury in Christchurch. I realise Maggi that this error, of course, was not yours.
Jaybee
New Zealand
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