i already boycotted NKF long time ago.
when i was working in my previous company, one of my colleague, a
manager, asked my help in raising fund for NKF. for charity's sake,
i agreed.
then i received a fund-raising card posted to my home address. the
purpose of this card was to go around asking for donations from
family, friends and relatives, where they filled up their names,
put signature, and put down how much they have contributed.
when i opened the envelope and took out the card, i saw the most
beautiful fund-raising card in my life... so colourful, made of
good quality thick-paper, and even got a very innovative built-in
pocket to contain the cash.
well, i posted back the card back to NKF wif nil return.
few days later, a lady from NKF called me up asking me why the nil
return, and added that "every dollars and cents counts, no matter
big amt or small amt, blah blah blah..."
i told her over the phone that NKF is very rich already, no need
ppl's donation. she sounded a bit offended and said it's not true
at all, and demanded why i made such comment.
i asked her how many this type of fund-raising cards have they
printed for this donation exercise. she said about 50,000. i told
her from my experience, the cost to make that fund-rasing card shud
be at least $1 (after bulk discount), and i havent count in the
creative fees yet, which is at least estimated $3,000.
i asked her to make the calculation herself on how much the total
cost was for this fund-raising campaign. and she replied said, "abt
$53,000 loh!"
"ok, so why not use this $53,000 to help those kidney patients
instead? u guys can use as little as 20 cents per card, which is
around $10,000 in total, w/o any fanciful stuffs, to achieve the
same purpose for this campaign"
the lady on the phone was stumbled... she said thank you and hang
up the phone.
