Just heard a nasty story about Susan G Komen Foundation

[proud2BlibKansan]

My friend's sister died of breast cancer last year. An artist friend of the family designed jewelry dedicated to her sister and found a jewelry company to make it. The jewelry company agreed to donate the proceeds and the family suggested the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Susan G. Komen refused to accept the donation because the jeweler was also donating (through a different campaign) to causes supporting women's heart disease.

Komen said they would only accept the donations if the donor agreed to stop raising money for heart disease.

That's just insane.

[Brickbat]

1. They are like the WalMart of breast-cancer research and support.

I recommend Breast Cancer Action to anyone interested in donating to a breast-cancer nonprofit, and thinkbeforeyoupink.org to learn more about the pink-washing crapfest that goes on every October.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Perfect comparison!

[crazylikafox]

2. kicked. This needs more attention.

[tallahasseedem]

3. K&R

These kind of stories need to be seen.

[MoonRiver]

4. Komen wants ALL the money.

women with heart diseased be damned.

[Lawlbringer]

5. Wait

Is heart disease something the Republicans are against, or is this just...what?

[AZ Progressive]

6. It seems that Nancy Brinker is a phony philanthropist

Which should be obvious because she's a Republican and a significant donor to them.

[Horse with no Name]

7. SGk is a jealous mistress

Parasites. All of them. I went through my house and disposed of any pink ribbons.

A friend of mine works at a school that allows you to wear a cap on Friday's if you donate $1 for R4C. She says she is going to wear her cap on Friday and tell them she refuses to donate, but did make her donation to PP directly.

If she doesn't chicken out, will let you know how that went!

[gopiscrap]

8. This is insane

it's time the rock they have been hiding under is overturned....I am hoping tat in every town they have a walk etc in, they will be huge protests...mke it as uncomfortable as possible for the people participating!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. It's most definitely insane.

[TheManInTheMac]

9. I find the outrage over their de-funding of planned parenthood hilarious.

If you think this criminal outfit EVER did any good you're kidding yourselves. I've never given one penny to Komen and I never will. They are less likely to find a cure for cancer than I am, and about as interested in finding a cure for cancer as BP is in developing a car that runs on water.

[JHB]

10. Well, then a high-profile black mark on them is a good thing n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Perhaps you might temper your derision for us who did not know what you do.

Not all of us knew about how bad Komen is.

We do know it now.

[TheManInTheMac]

14. Yes, you are correct, and for my bluntness, I apologize.

My wife is a stage 4 survivor. 4 years now. One experience with the "walk for the cure" taught us all we needed to know about this foundation's true goal.

If you are a cancer patient, and do not raise enough money, you don't get to walk in their "walk."

My wife schooled me on the Susan G. Komen Foundation's real goals. I should have learned from when I was in management at a major retailer in the '80's and we were expected to pressure our employees to donate a portion of their wages to another charity aggregator, until a news story broke exposing that their interests had nothing to do with unity, or a way.

My dear CaliforniaPeggy, I eschew cynicism. I really do. It's hard, though, when you know there is need, and you've seen so many times people getting ripped off in spite of their best intentions.

TLDR: I'm sorry.

[yardwork]

16. No need to apologize. I enjoyed your post. I didn't know about SGK and now I do.

I don't mind bluntness. This organization has been very unethical for a long time and I'm embarrassed that I didn't know that.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Thank you for your gracious reply!

And now I understand just where you're coming from too...

May your wife continue to be vibrantly healthy! I wish you both long and happy lives...

[Lunacee2012]

18. Wait, are you for real?

If you're a cancer patient and you don't raise enough money you don't get to do their little walk? WTF?

[TheManInTheMac]

19. I'm looking for documentation, but yeah, if you don't raise enough, you don't walk.

[riderinthestorm]

22. Here's a link to the PDF application. You must raise $2300!!!

http://www.the3day.org/site/DocServer/3Day_2012RegFormStd_REV1_fp.pdf?docID=6221

[riderinthestorm]

20. That was true when we participated. You had to raise the "required" dollars to participate, like $2k

Of course, this was easy because the fundraiser was very, very well respected and people were willing to "help". This will make that type of generosity a very difficult sell in a non-partisan way.

The Komen foundation has truly shot itself in the foot on many levels. People like me wont participate anymore. Neither would I donate to anyone who does decide to participate in the future and I'll be pretty vocal in my condemnation of the walk/run/Komen organization. A real triple whammy for them.

Their politicization of this cause is unbelievable. I suspect they have no idea how badly this will rebound on them financially and reputation-wise. Organizations like MADD, Livestrong and others survive because the message is pretty good and NON-PARTISAN.

Once you cross that boundary it's hard to go back....

[Honeycombe8]

21. I've never given to Komen, either. I couldn't put my finger on why I didn't like the org., but...

something about it didn't set well with me. The crass commercialism, maybe? I'm not sure. I just didn't get a warm, fuzzy feeling about the org.

Some of the other big groups, like United Way, strike me that way.

[countryjake]

12. Thansk for that story! Kick!