Send Your Money To Your Doctor??!!

fmdog44

fmdog44

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I got a letter from St. Luke's Foundation informing me March 30 is National Doctors Day. They want me to send money. In the letter was this, "I hope you'll join me in honoring the physicians who have made a difference in your life." I am not sure this is or is not a dream I'm having. This organization was kind enough to include an envelope addressed to this place. However they need me to put stamp on it! They did include an email address I plan to use and tell them my feelings about this request for me to give my money to doctors. I can't wait to write them and tell them what I think of this idea.;)
 

Why donate money to a Doctor, they make enough money I'm surprised they don't ask for money for the Drug companies. I don't mind sending money to St Jude's Hospital , Firefighters ,or charities but I can't understand sending money to Doctors.
 
I'm sure it's a general fundraising letter for the Foundation and the work it does, not directly asking money for doctors. It's saying you can honor the doctors who served you well by giving to the Foundation which provides the care.

There are St. Luke's Foundations in many cities, including Houston. It's easy enough to check out.
 
Pepper said:
I'm sure it's a general fundraising letter for the Foundation and the work it does, not directly asking money for doctors. It's saying you can honor the doctors who served you well by giving to the Foundation which provides the care.

There are St. Luke's Foundations in many cities, including Houston. It's easy enough to check out.
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Read the quote I included in the OP. Ask yourself to show PROOF as to how these "donations" are distributed. "Foundations" is another word for scam.
 
I couldn't say whether it's a scam or not without actually seeing it. I am saying it sounds like a general fundraising appeal. Information on how a legitimate non-profit distributes money raised is almost always available. My first grown up job was in fund-raising and am still friends with people currently employed in the business. A St. Luke's Foundation legitimately exists in your city of Houston. No one is forcing you to give anything and of course you must be wary of anything you personally find suspicious.
 
Pepper said:
I couldn't say whether it's a scam or not without actually seeing it. I am saying it sounds like a general fundraising appeal. Information on how a legitimate non-profit distributes money raised is almost always available. My first grown up job was in fund-raising and am still friends with people currently employed in the business. A St. Luke's Foundation legitimately exists in your city of Houston. No one is forcing you to give anything and of course you must be wary of anything you personally find suspicious.
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I agree, it's always best to check out any charities that might be asking for money, I stopped giving to some of them years ago, although my donations are modest and not frequent. I have given to St. Judes Hospital, I think that's a worthy cause. I often get mail wanting me to donate to certain charities, they go in the trash, if I want to donate to an organization, I like to initiate it on my own when it's possible for me.

Fmdog, they obviously weren't asking you to send money to your doctor directly, lol.
 
I've had it with donating to any kind of fund raising. Due to the many admin & staff people many of them have making high salaries on the donors $. Also seems like if I gave to one of a certain type of charity (e.g., animal or nature) I soon got an avalanche of requests from similar types, like they are swapping or selling the donor information.
 
I mostly donate to local causes, such as the Hawaiian Humane Society, the Hawaii Wild Bird Rehabilitation Haven, and The River of Life Mission (which does lots more than just feed the homeless). I realize it's easy to get cynical which there are many choices out there to be cynical about. Just choose wisely.
 
Sunny said:
Fmdog, clearly you are misunderstanding what this is about. No one is giving any donated money to doctors. St. Luke's Foundation is a very worthy cause, dedicated to improving health conditions for the poorest of the poor, including in the U.S. National Doctors Day is a day designated for honoring doctors, not paying them money. See these two websites:

https://www.saintlukesfoundation.org/grants/what-we-fund

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Doctors'_Day
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Since you have not read the letter I will move on. What PR firm is responsible for this insult should be sued after being terminated. They actually included three donation cards as if one was not enough. If this hospital is in such dire need of money why not do something about it rather than ask for money contributions with no information on how it is spent? The medical industry is overall a pimp industry and the patients are the "workers". Give money where it is needed, not to hospital that are cash vacuums. Disaster relief funds and food funds are better charities. I have trouble connection the word "charity" to hospitals that ask for money this despite my monthly contribution to St. Jude.
 
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We have given very limited money to charities over the years and those mostly consisted of paycheck deductions to a general fund distributed amoung several places.

What we decided to do was help someone directly in need. Example: In a general work place conversation, a co worker mentioned she was having trouble feeding her family. I later took her aside and offered to take her to the big box store and buy her whatever food she wanted. Not needed, but wanted. She agreed and I did.

Were we ever taken advantage of? Maybe and maybe not. All that matters is the children or person in the families we helped had food to eat. I remember one particular year, in our younger days, when we only made 3000 for the entire year. We ate a lot of noodles. Truth be told we never made much money, but we always had enough.

A lot of American children go hungry despite "charities".

In our area, during the summer, stations are set up at parks where children can go and get lunch. Because, without free school lunch, they wouldn't eat.

Sorry, I think I've strayed off subject.
 

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