Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Pierce County United Way: How to Not Raise Money
Last night, a couple of us told the United Way, which was asking for money, that it should get in line with other community groups in applying for funding. Lakewood has a rigorous and competitive process that relies on screening by a volunteer committee that reviews an enormous amount of data. The United Way was apparently pretty unhappy about this outcome, as evidenced by the sour grapes story they told a writer at The News Tribune. You'll find my comment at the end of the posting.
Sooo ..United Way doesn't want to compete head-on with other groups, and then its director turns around and insults the City Council. Hmmm .. maybe the United Way needs to apply for funding to a publishing house to write a book about how NOT to raise money.
This approach is trying to storm over other groups and then insult the referee is pretty pathetic, and in failing to apply side-by-side on comparison with other groups, also rather chicken. It's a shame when you consider that a group that is willing to play by the rules could get funding to help needy kids.
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Sooo ..United Way doesn't want to compete head-on with other groups, and then its director turns around and insults the City Council. Hmmm .. maybe the United Way needs to apply for funding to a publishing house to write a book about how NOT to raise money.
This approach is trying to storm over other groups and then insult the referee is pretty pathetic, and in failing to apply side-by-side on comparison with other groups, also rather chicken. It's a shame when you consider that a group that is willing to play by the rules could get funding to help needy kids.
