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Date Posted: 05:44:17 08/18/07 Sat
Author: Michael
Subject: Re: Canvassing
In reply to: Roger 's message, "Canvassing" on 21:21:33 08/17/07 Fri

>Several times a year I go door-to-door in
>neighbourhoods around me and canvass for various
>charities. I'm on a sucker list of people who agree to
>do this, although I no longer do the March of Dimes
>canvass, which takes place in January.
>
>This month, I am canvassing for Canadian National
>Institute for the Blind. I'm also canvassing on a
>street I haven't done before. So far I've raised $55
>from about 15 houses of 50 doors that I knocked on,
>where people answered the door. I've been out twice,
>and I'll go again tomorrow, and probably end up with
>$100 to send to the CNIB. I'm said to be pretty good
>at this, but no one will tell me how much a canvasser
>averages.
>
>It's a middle working class neighbourhood, with few
>welfare cases, and mostly factory workers and some
>professionals such as teachers. Only one or two people
>have ever been rude to me in the years I've been doing
>this, but I hear more lies than a cop. I am really
>tired of going to houses that have a truck that cost
>more than my house, a 20' boat and a fifth-wheel
>travel trailer in the driveway, a security system
>sticker on the door, to be told, "Oh, no, we can't.
>Things are tight just now," "I give at the office"
>(not to this charity, you don't,) while getting $10
>bills from pensioners and people of obviously limited
>means.
>
>It's my dream that someone will say, "Oh, sure!" and
>bring a $100 bill out of his pocket, but I guess I'm
>going to go on dreaming. The largest single donation
>I've got was $25.
>
>I wonder if the CNIB, and the other charities I work
>for, figure that this is a kind of marketing for them.
>The canvassers work for nothing (and I mean nothing,
>except the good feeling in our hearts, not even a
>thank you card,) and the administrative costs are
>minimal. I doubt that anyone steals any significant
>amount of money from the canvassing envelope, although
>we do get some donations we don't write receipts for,
>but the opportunity for theft is minimal.
>
>It can't be that good a means of raising money. I know
>most canvassers get discouraged pretty quickly.

i must be honest and say I never give at the door to anyone. If they were to convince me it was a genuine cause, then I would probably ask for the website and donate on line. I only ever donate via web or perhaps a cheque in the post, because of the high level of fraud.

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Re: Canvassing -- Roger, 12:01:00 08/18/07 Sat