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United Way – Mission Lost

I have written before on the United Way. The continued degradation of their mission by participating agencies continues. This is just wrong. The United Way folks should look at their original intent – their original mission. Clearly the purpose was to Unite. Not only to unite social service agencies in their individual missions, but to […]

6Dec2008 | | Comments Off on United Way – Mission Lost | Continued
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United Way – agency corruption

This writer is a big supporter of the concept of United Way – with skepticism for the actual practice. The concept is simple – there are many social service agencies in all communities that compete for the limited local dollars available. The idea of the United Way was to eliminate all of the individual fund […]

25Sep2008 | | 14 comments | Continued
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The Red Cross – Darn Community Organizers

Community Organizer – what the heck is that?  The Republicans of today’s world suggest there is something demeaning or degrading about the role of community organizer.  There are two videos in this post to support that position.  But our local Community Chamber of Commerce might take exception to the degrading comments.  And those darn Red […]

9Sep2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Sacred Cows

Son, Look out. We are challenging Sacred Cows. Challenges to Sacred Cows are often met with personal attacks in an effort to discredit the challenger. We have a right to our opinion – and they have a right to disagree. But some folks can be really nasty. Our magazine of social commentary has put choice […]

19Dec2007 | | Comments Off on Sacred Cows | Continued
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United Way – uniting community?

Son, There are many social service agencies in all communities that compete for the limited local dollars available. The imperative of local communities is that they respect the dollars donated and use these dollars wisely. The United Way was formulated, I think in the 1960’s, to offer the synergy of cooperation among social service agencies. […]

16Oct2007 | | 2 comments | Continued