Posted on 02/22/2015 3:46:04 PM PST by FlJoePa
Finally! Kids doing something worthwhile instead of taking selfies.
Imagine if all colleges did this.
This is great. But,,, I keep getting solicited by a breast cancer fund. I looked them up on the net. They collected 33 million last year. But guess what? They paid 28 million to the call centers they hired, and contributed less than 5% for cancer research. Check out where your money goes!
Last year 96% of THON’s total went to the Four Diamonds Fund. 4% went to administrative costs.
The added keywords say a lot. Nothing about Penn State, but a lot about the posters that added them.
They’re legit! Some others are not. That’s why one needs to do some checking before donating.
How much cash has Penn State raised for survivors is sexual abuse?
God Bless These Kids!
I have been giving to Thon for over 20 years now.
In that time, countless lives of children have been saved through research and new methods.
Sadly, when I watched the Thon this year, there were very few students “of color”.
Maybe some of the alternative groups at Penn State should “pull up their pants” and try to give a little bit back of the bounty they have received in the way of affirmative action scholarships.
The drug companies are happy.
Some people are just miserable and their sole purpose in life is to drag others down to their level of misery.
Personally, I’m proud of these young men and women. There are far too many stories of wild frat parties, hazing ending in fatality, riots following football games and the usual robberies, mayhem and murder. Good to see young people doing something positive. Too bad some people can’t be happy for these kids.
You must be lost. This thread is about PSU students working year round to raise money for pediatric cancer.
Knocking others down is apparently the only way to make them feel good about their own lives I guess.
Haters gonna hate. Staters gonna State.
However, I did hear that Penn State football coaches have done a great deal to grow the businesses of sexual abuse therapists.
How much money did you raise this past year for pediatric cancer. Did you just stand on your feet for 46 hours to celebrate the THON kids?
If not, I don’t think it’s appropriate that you hijack the students exemplary work and turn it around and repackage it with your unfunny, boring snark in an effort to denigrate an entire University.
Raise $14 million this year and you can run your mouth all you want though.
“How much money did you raise this past year for pediatric cancer. Did you just stand on your feet for 46 hours to celebrate the THON kids?”
Last year, the university I attended raised $337 million for their cancer hospital.
As for standing on one’s feet for 46 hours straight, I understand that was not unusual for young boys after they left the Penn State shower room.
Pales in comparison to THON.
The students raised that? Wow - why haven’t I heard about this? Please provide me links and information. I’m impressed and intrigued.
You, on the other hand tell pedophile jokes (while I guess making some sort of stand against pedophilia).
Who could possibly be against kids with cancer!?
No one would be so cynical as to think that the poster of this thread, or his beloved Penn State, would try to burnish their reputation on the backs of a bunch of dying kids.
Could they?
If only the poster of this thread didn't endlessly and relentlessly promote the reputation of Penn. Why, it's almost as if he's on the payroll at Penn. Sort of a One Hit Wonder as it were.
Please don’t feed the idiots.
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