Monday, December 20, 2004

Daily News Transcript - Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Daily News Transcript - Opinion & Letters to the Editor: "Editorial: Donors beware
Monday, December 20, 2004
Telemarketing is big business, and so is charity. According to Attorney General Tom Reilly, generous and caring Massachusetts residents donated $201,937,274 trough 566 charitable telemarketing campaigns in 2003.

Those generous people may be alarmed to learn that, on average, only 29 cents out of every dollar actually made it to the charitable organization for which it was intended, and in some cases, less than a dime was eventually used for charity. "

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