Slight thread hijack, but I thought I'd throw this in there because I would want to know. I've had family members fight, survive, and die from cancer. On those occasions when folks have died, members of the family have always donated to the American Cancer Society as a memorial. Well, I've looked into the ACS quite a bit and I'm disgusted by the organization. I don't believe they care about people with cancer at all. They've been given an efficiency rating of one out of four stars on charitynavigator.com, but even more damning is this article from the Cancer Prevention Coalition:
http://www.preventcancer.com/losing/...hy_prevent.htm
If you want to donate for Xmas I think that is a fine and wonderful thing--just look into the organization you are donating to and don't just assume that since it is a big organization and has to with cancer that it is good, as my family has always done in the past. I shudder to think of all the thousands of dollars my generous family members have handed over to them.
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