November 18, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Received a letter asking for a donation for Christmas .
Inside there are some sticky gift tags . I don’t understand why charities do this gift thing. Like with the free pens. Save the money and spend it on the donkeys.
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November 18, 2007 at 7:04 pm
OK now I have repaired my broken computer I can start blogging again.
Received a short letter explaining how and what the society does and a form which you can make a donation. Again they have suggested donations but there is a part which explains what that donation will fund (there is a box where you [...]
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October 19, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Arrived in the post today.
Inside was a letter explaining some of the long term complications associated with this disease and a direct debit form for membership to the charity.
There is a leaflet enclosed as well explaining what you would receive as a member.
If I had a member of my family suffering from diabetes then for [...]
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October 7, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Received a very large envelope on Saturday. Inside were 10 Christmas cards and envelopes and the standard letter saying how animals are abused and a donation would help save lives.
So the confusion is what charity would I be donating to? On top of the letter it says Pet Rescue a programme of international fund for [...]
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September 30, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Arrived Friday and I thought at first it was a bill (so ignored it at first!).
It was in a brown envelope which had “Concerned about your local rubbish collections? In some countries ,rubbish is collected by children as young as three.”
Inside the letter explains about the increasing amount of children forced to work horrendous jobs to [...]
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September 30, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Arrived yesterday. On the outside is a photo of a sweet looking kid called Tom. Underneath the plastic address window (tut-tut) is the question “Why can’t they treat my Tom decently”
Inside is a letter from Toms mother telling of how he has been bullied by people because he has Down’s syndrome and how he was [...]
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September 18, 2007 at 6:05 pm
I received a letter from them today. I used to give to them by direct debit but when I changed my account I never got round to sorting it out and a stime went on I forgot all about it.
The letter was to say thank you about supporting them in the past and to ask [...]
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September 1, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Walking through Kettering the other day head down trying to avoid the long line of people selling windows,car recovery policies,digital tv and home insurance policies I bumped into a nice young man who was raising awareness for the charity SIGHTSAVERS INTERNATIONAL.I spent five minutes listening to him tell me about the three main causes of [...]
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August 23, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Received TWO letters today from the blue cross animal charity in the post today.
As previously stated this is a charity we support so opened the letter straight away.
Ignoring the fact the names still printed wrong on the address box and the see through plastic address window,it is a very nicely laid out appeal letter not [...]
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August 17, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Last year my mum requested a Blue Cross Christmas catalogue. It arrived very promptly and we placed an order and was very happy with the products.
A couple of days later another catalogue dropped onto the mat. We were a little puzzled but assumed they had sent it so we had a spare order form. Then another [...]
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