Wednesday, May 10, 2006

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Washington diary: Culture of giving

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Washington diary: Culture of giving: "oon after one of my daughters started going to a private school in Washington, I received a call from a mother of one of her classmates.


There was the usual friendly, non-committal chit-chat, after which I moved swiftly to the subject in hand.

'Yes, my daughter would love a play date,' I said, assuming - wrongly, as it turned out - that this was the purpose of the call.

'We were actually looking for some help with our scholarship fund. We are still half a million dollars short of our target!'"

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