One of Cub's sweet babysitters, Lauren, works for the Boys and Girls Club of Austin, Texas.
Their annual campaign - Somebody to Somebody - helps to raise money for the 10,000 local children they support.
I donated $15 in Cub's honor. According to Lauren, $5 is all it takes to give a child swimming lessons and for a little over $2 they can feed one child hot meals for a full year. I request that all of my funds go towards swimming lessons and hot, warm cookies.
Their annual campaign - Somebody to Somebody - helps to raise money for the 10,000 local children they support.
I donated $15 in Cub's honor. According to Lauren, $5 is all it takes to give a child swimming lessons and for a little over $2 they can feed one child hot meals for a full year. I request that all of my funds go towards swimming lessons and hot, warm cookies.
Lauren is a really good person so I doubt she would just make up a lie but there is no way B&GC can feed a child for $2 a year. Not unless Charlie Sheen is their accountant and then that kind of math makes perfect cocaine-fueled sense.
ReplyDeleteDid you ask how they could feed a kid for $2 a year? If the answer was "We feed them leaves and acorns we find on the ground" or "We feed them food from the dumpster behind McDonalds" then I guess it is possible. Not only that but kids who are too malnourished to complain are probably great for the PR campaigns.
In the future you really need to consider giving to LizWorld (tm) on a Filanthropy Friday. I am totally open and honest about how I would spend your charitable donations: booze and shopping. Not only would your donation improve my mental well being it would also help the economy and Neiman Marcus' shareholders. In other words, your donation to LizWorld (tm) is a two-fer.
Once again you got scammed and threw your money away. Nice work. I hope you at least got a bucket of magic beans in return for your hard earned money. At least then you could brag to your neighbors that you are going to grow a giant beanstalk and climb up to the clouds. They would be so jealous.
Did you ever think that $2 is part of a larger sum of money, including private and public grants, and other donations, such as food from food banks? No, you'd rather belittle those who try to help others and continue being a self-absorbed brat.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure to whom you are directing your comment, but I'm guessing you're not a frequent visitor to my little blog.
If your comment was directed at me, perhaps you should read my entire blog and gain some perspective. The tone of my blog (even in some of the more serious posts) is pretty silly, sarcastic and for the most part not to be taken seriously.
If your comment was directed at my best friend Liz - than I KNOW you haven't been a reader of my blog or any of the comments. Liz donated to the B&G Club of Austin before I did and donated more money. Additionally, she frequently donates more money, she's always trying to one-up me (see, more blog silliness/sarcasm), to other charities that I feature on my Friday posts.
You could not find a more generous person (and not just in terms of $) than Liz. The best part (and my mom would agree with me) of my blog is the comments from Liz.
Lastly, I think it's cowardly to call someone out (online) and not identify yourself. Don't be a cyber-bully. As Liz would say (although, I'm not sure she'd say it to you at this point) - DON'T BE MEAN, BE SWEET.
Thanks for reading,
Steph
Steph -
ReplyDeleteThanks for sticking up for me!
Dear Anonymous -
You are an idiot if you couldn't figure out from reading even one of my posts that it was all written in sarcastic fun. Of course I understand that $2 is part of a larger donation pool. While this is a public blog it is meant for a few of us who love Stephanie and who share a similar sense of humor. Most of what is written in the comments section are inside jokes among close friends.
Not that I need to defend myself to you or anyone else but I donate thousands of dollars per year in addition to donating my time to multiple charities including Boys and Girls Club.
Next time you leave comment on this, or any other blog, use your real name so you don't appear to be the ignorant name-calling coward that you seem to be. Why don't you go find some friends of your own and comment on their blogs rather than clogging up my friend Stephanie's blog with your hateful comments.
Liz