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Then ongoing kerfuffle between WWP and Gresham.

What bothers me is that wounded veterans seem to have become a "product" requiring "branding". I understand that every organization needs to be mindful of marketing and PR but this seems to be taking it a bit too far.

1 posted on 11/16/2012 5:59:49 AM PST by facedown
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To: facedown

It is more a business than a charity.


2 posted on 11/16/2012 6:06:22 AM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: facedown
Wounded Warrior ...
Wasn't WW also involved in a financial investigation about 8-10 months ago?
3 posted on 11/16/2012 6:07:03 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: facedown

Non profit’s like WWP are a product.

I am very careful about what I give to, and while I think that WWP is a decent charity, I will not give to a group that does that type of branding. I have friends who work in the non profit industry, and lets just say it is not pretty.


4 posted on 11/16/2012 6:07:41 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: facedown

I’ve read elsewhere that Thunder Ranch has also withdrawn their support.


6 posted on 11/16/2012 6:23:49 AM PST by real saxophonist (Stay In The Fight)
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To: facedown
Anymore, the more noble sounding the cause of a “charity” the more skeptical I am of their intentions.
7 posted on 11/16/2012 6:24:11 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: facedown

The wwp is almost as bad as the red cross when it comes to scamming. Looking at their last form 990, they took in 123 million in contributions, spent 108 million in expenses.

Their CEO banked 320K and they spent 14 million on fundraising.

If someone passed a collection plate for wwp, I wouldn’t piss in it.


18 posted on 11/16/2012 7:58:09 AM PST by Big Mack (I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat VEGETABLES!)
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To: facedown
I read WWP's backtracking email, and it was hardly an apology... more like doubling down, all for the sake of "branding." Seems like they could really care less about their constituency in favor of their liberal donors.

Screw 'em.

19 posted on 11/16/2012 8:04:58 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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