Monday, August 07, 2006

Private sector and public service

Private sector and public service: "Private sector and public service

Sunday, August 06, 2006

By DANIE HARRELSON

The Daily Sentinel

If you think the neighborhood kids hit you up way too much with their bike-a-thons, magazine subscriptions and candy bars, try running a business.

Hardly a day goes by that companies in the Grand Valley aren’t asked to donate to this or that trip, help send some teenybopper to cheerleading camp or underwrite a nonprofit organization’s annual fundraiser.

Local business owners say it comes with the territory. They try to cut a check when the price is right and the request merits their financial support.

And they’re doing it more lately, according to a recent survey that indicates some area entrepreneurs are digging deeper to aid charities and other organizations."

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