The Begging Box

[mdlbear]

Well, it took all afternoon, but I finally made it through the pile of charity begging letters, which filled a printer-paper box plus a paper grocery bag when I started. The final stack is thirty-five envelopes, plus a currently-unknown number that got tossed in with the pending bills (because I knew I was going to pay them) and haven't been merged yet. There were also five calendars that I kept, several batches of address labels, a package of wrapping paper, and some cards -- I don't keep goodies from the ones I don't send money to, both because it seems unfair and because at this point I really don't need them.

Final triage was done in consultation with the flower_cat, who's a bit less of a soft touch than I am and has a better memory for who we haven't given to in the past, and why not

No progress on anything else, of course.

Comments

[elimloth.livejournal.com]

Selene and I used to do it that way too (the box o letters). We eventually shifted to tracking it all in the Microsoft giving campaign WEB site. It keeps track of the charities we've chosen, how much we've pledged, handles the auto-deosits, and, most important, it handles the 100% matching funds part; yup our contributions are doubled, a nice perk.