Thought I would share this experience re: Cancer patients.
Waiting for calls from my physician’s office, when the phone rings the caller identifies herself as ??????Cancer???and immediately launches into a solicitation with “How this charity helps cancer patients”. When I asked a question related to transportation difficulties - she made no effort to refer me to a source.
It made me wonder just how much do these “Cancer Support” entities spend on the patients and how much on their organization expenses.
I receive many calls from “cancer charities,” too. Every time, I tell whoever calls that I wish I could help the charity (which is true), but I’m currently unemployed and financially broke and still paying off medical bills for cancer myself.
Every single time, without fail, their response is: “Well, what can you afford? How about $20? $15? Even if you have just $5 to donate, it would go a long way.”
LOL. It just makes you wonder...