A reader who used to work for Quantum Marketing, one of the “Aftermax” companies, (the term for companies that old DS-MAX (now known as Innovage) spawned), wrote several posts describing how his company scammed people who thought they were donating money to D.A.R.E.
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The Heifer Project: Not BS
By 10.20.06
Paul D. wrote us in about an unsolicited catalog he got from The Heifer Project, a charity that purports to send cows, chickens and goats to the third world. He’s skeptical:
Take Me Off Your Damn List, UNICEF!
By 5.16.06
Trixare4kids is one of those zen consumerists who can sit in the lotus position for hours, a telephone nuzzled into the crook of her neck, as she hypnotically murmurs chakras to herself and tries to get herself removed from mailing lists. She’s pleasant, perky and polite with CSRs, but she is adamant in getting her name off the labeled stickers a thousand companies a year slap on half a tree and smash through her mail slot.
Better Dead Then AMEX RED
By 4.25.06
The American Express RED card is a new, ostensibly fashionable, way to wear your charity on your wallet sleeve.
Best Charities for your Tax Deductions
By 3.27.06
It’s tax season, a time for reflection, pauses, teeth-grinding and good times with our good pals, as Jenny writes:
