JOSEPH TOUR CAST NOT ALLOWED TO COLLECT $$ FOR BC/EFA — Page 2

BC/EFA is not the best place to send your money. They get a one out of four stars at CharityNavigator.com. There are other AIDS organizations that will make much better use of your dollar. Do your research, then decide. Don't make your decision based on peer pressure.

I'm sure this will be a very unpopular position to take. Before you all flame me, please realize that I produced one of the very first Equity Fights AIDS benefits about 15 years ago. Every single dollar that came in went straight to them. We got every single thing donated, from the venue to the pretzels on the table. What they did with the money we gave them was their choice.

These days, I give to organizations that are more efficient with my money. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is one of them. I'm not telling you not to give to BC/EFA. I'm telling you to get all the facts before you decide where your money goes.

---

Updated On: 10/11/04 at 10:42 PM

Well...here's hoping the 'privilege' to collect is granted to us here in Des Moines.

---

Maybe you could direct that question to BC/EFA.

Broadway Cares does a great deal of good. Any amount of money raised for HIV and AIDS research and care is good in my opinion.

I just received a nice letter from Tom Viola at BC/EFA thanking me for bringing the situation in Detroit to his attention.

---

But....they still do a lot of good work, no?

---

Yes, but do other charities offer you such wonderful incentives in return? I wonder if that is partially responsible for the high overhead? Do they have to supplement the cost of the posters, cookbooks, etc?

---

At leas BC/EFA isn't part of Palotta TeamWorks. Now there is a messed up company. And to think I rode in two of the bike rides and raised all this money. I was floored to hear how horribly managed and how greedy the bastard was. Shame on HIM!

Well I guess that is what faith is all about. If someone from a show is dipping into the cash fund then we have a serious problem. And that is between them and the gods. I mean come on... if someone stole from a charity they should be burned at the stake (oh.. just like palotta did...)

When there is that much uncontrolled cash around that many loosely supervised people, I know there are *some* who will give in to temptation. And from business experience I know that as someone gains confidence that their behavior is unnoticed or is acceptable among their immediate peers, they always gradually increase their 'service fee', 'raise due but ungiven', or whatever justification they use.

Rath, if you are making the assumption that I "need" incentive to donate money to a charity, that's just incredibly off base and completely unwarranted.

I was merely asking/pointing out that the overhead might be more because just about all of BC/EFA's curtain speech schtick is, if you give us "this"... we'll give you "that". And we all know that "that" is not free.

My saying that the "incentives" are wonderful is a fact. People all over the country take home a piece of the night. I always give money to the BC/EFA lobby appeals. Do the window cards, etc. increase my donation? Of course. I'd be remiss if I didn't admit that my $5 has become $50 many times, to the benefit of my office wall and those who recieve BC/EFA redistributions.

Chill out.

---

we raised hundreds of dollars tonight in des moines!!!!!

---