Be careful what you register for

[Guest guest]

Message: 2

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:51:28 -0800 (PST)

 

Hi Michelle,

 

Thank you so much for warning people about this. I was on the verge of

signing up for this event myself. When I saw that there was $30 entrance fee

I emailed IDA to ask where that money was going, but no one got back to me.

Thank you for filling me in on the details. I would be really interested to

hear how IDA came to be involved with such an event??

 

Thanks again, Michelle.

 

Best wishes,

 

Joanna Warner

 

Michelle Tsai <michsai

Be careful what you register for.

 

Hi Everyone,

 

PLEASE WATCH OUT, whenever you are thinking of signing up for any

fundraising sports event, where your registration fee will actually go. For

instance, the registration fee for the Feb. 1 San Francisco Home Depot Half

Marathon & 5K actually goes to the Northern California Hemophiliac Society,

which is a branch of the National Hemophilia Foundation, which helps fund

vivisection. Very ironic and disappointing. I learned my lesson too late.

I already registered for the event, and even tried to encourage other people

to do so, thinking the money would go to In Defense of Animals (IDA). I

only found out where the money went after I received my registration

confirmation. If you wish to donate, just donate to IDA directly. Don't

register for the event in SF.

 

For a list of charities that do or don't fund vivisection, please visit

http://www.humaneseal.org/approved.html

 

Thanks and best wishes to all of you.

 

Michelle

 

 

Joanna Warner of Sales and Marketing

Wild Bryde Jewelry

Phone: 800 869 9462

Fax: 510 222 1847