Uneasy feeling about quilts donated to Ronald McDonald House
#42
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in the first posting about this unfortunate mishap. she stated that the woman who took the quilts, gave her a receipt for taxes.
This is why i think that it is clearly a misuse of the quilt and it's intended use. hopefully no fraud is involved..
but what a brilliant idea, to use a perm.way to adhere the label with all the info needed on it..Kim
This is why i think that it is clearly a misuse of the quilt and it's intended use. hopefully no fraud is involved..
but what a brilliant idea, to use a perm.way to adhere the label with all the info needed on it..Kim
#43
You are all so eager to assume the very worst of these people without giving them the opportunity to explain before going over their heads. They may not even have received the email messages due to vacations, conferences, illnesses, computer crashes, any number of things.
Extreme Quilter, until you actually speak with them, I think you are being terribly unfair and, as a NPO administrator and board member, I find your prejudgement frightening. Why have you not picked up the phone and called them in all the weeks this has been eating at you?
Extreme Quilter, until you actually speak with them, I think you are being terribly unfair and, as a NPO administrator and board member, I find your prejudgement frightening. Why have you not picked up the phone and called them in all the weeks this has been eating at you?
#44
Persist in getting to the bottom of it. Somehow this doesn't sound right. If it was a simple mistake they would be quick in telling you so. I would not like my quilts to be sold unless I had donated them as fund raisers. My feeling is, if I wanted my quilts to be sold I'd be selling them myself. Don't let this matter drop. :evil:
#45
I don't think some people are reading everything wrote about this subject, some are just jumping ahead and making comments without reading all that is being written. Alot of assumuptions are being made, could be something in the air.
#46
After reading all the posts here I believe the majority agree that it does need to be looked into. I get the sense that this will NOT make any of us tend to stop donating quilts - just to be more careful and check into their exact purpose from now on. Quilters ARE very giving people. I do NOT agree with those (one or two, I think) who think you are wrong for letting it be known here - you have given them plenty of opportunity to respond to your requests - vacation or not the emails should've been answered in a timely and satisfying manner by now. I thought, too, that there was something fishy up when they wanted your telephone number and did not want to correspond via email (traceable). If they have done no wrong they should be happy to respond - to me - the silence indicates troubles... and hopefully it's only this one RMH and not others - you have given them ample time to respond - at this point, I'm not sure, if it were me, that I'd even give them another chance - they would just appease you - take it to the board.
I also have just heard that Goodwill does put things on ebay now...
I also have just heard that Goodwill does put things on ebay now...
#47
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
You are all so eager to assume the very worst of these people without giving them the opportunity to explain before going over their heads. They may not even have received the email messages due to vacations, conferences, illnesses, computer crashes, any number of things.
Extreme Quilter, until you actually speak with them, I think you are being terribly unfair and, as a NPO administrator and board member, I find your prejudgement frightening. Why have you not picked up the phone and called them in all the weeks this has been eating at you?
Extreme Quilter, until you actually speak with them, I think you are being terribly unfair and, as a NPO administrator and board member, I find your prejudgement frightening. Why have you not picked up the phone and called them in all the weeks this has been eating at you?
I think it is very unfair to put the burden of correcting this situation on the person who made a generous donation. As soon as the director was informed of what happened, she should have taken direct action to immediately correct any misunderstanding, apologize if a mistake had been made, etc.
#48
I'd contact the RMH headquarters. This kind of thing can really hurt them as you share with your friends (like us at Quilters Board). The word gets out about it and we will limit our contributions. Me for one.
#49
Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by ghostrider
You are all so eager to assume the very worst of these people without giving them the opportunity to explain before going over their heads. They may not even have received the email messages due to vacations, conferences, illnesses, computer crashes, any number of things.
Extreme Quilter, until you actually speak with them, I think you are being terribly unfair and, as a NPO administrator and board member, I find your prejudgement frightening. Why have you not picked up the phone and called them in all the weeks this has been eating at you?
Extreme Quilter, until you actually speak with them, I think you are being terribly unfair and, as a NPO administrator and board member, I find your prejudgement frightening. Why have you not picked up the phone and called them in all the weeks this has been eating at you?
I think it is very unfair to put the burden of correcting this situation on the person who made a generous donation. As soon as the director was informed of what happened, she should have taken direct action to immediately correct any misunderstanding, apologize if a mistake had been made, etc.
#50
Good for you about going in person. That way, IMO, they can't ignore you or your emails. They have to come up with some type of answer. I can see both sides of the problem...npo and donations, but the npo's need to really understand the donors side also? That by this type of thing happening, it hurts all npo's.
This is just MHO and I hope that you get this resolved soon. Keep us posted please?
This is just MHO and I hope that you get this resolved soon. Keep us posted please?
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