I am a bit upset

[yeoman6987]

Cindi a Lauper's Go Fund Me campaign for homeless GLBT youth has only raised 136 thousand dollars which is nothing to sneeze at........but



The pizza joint made 859 thousand and Joel Osteen was robbed 600 thousand from a weekend collection. Found out that is peanuts compared to holiday weekends. My attitude towards this is that Joel is crying about it but his insurance will probably pay it to him so no loss to him.



America priorities are so messed up.

homeless I guess is not glamorous to donate to.

This is not directed to DU population at all who care about homeless and Cindi Loaper's charity work.


Vent over until next subject of inequality or something else that is screwed up.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Post a link to the gofundme page and let DU take a crack at it. /nt

[yeoman6987]

2. Thank you! Wonderful reminder.

http://www.gofundme.com/Pizza4Equality


Great idea. It has been on various threads the last week but I still think exposure is good. Thank you so much.

[AtomicKitten]

6. No, thank you. Cheers. :)

[sabrina 1]

8. Thanks for the link. I did not see this before. I went to the link to donate, but is this the

Cindy Lauper fund? It says that all donations to this account will go to Scott Woolidge. Just want to be sure before pressing the button.

[yeoman6987]

9. I went back to make sure it was the right link and it is. I am not sure what you are looking at.

However, if it is Scott Woolidge please don't donate (unless you want too...lol) because it is not Cindy Lauper's fund.

[sabrina 1]

11. It says 'Scott Wooledge' is the organizer. On the right hand side of the page, in the column that

shows the amount raised so far:

About the Organizer
Scott Wooledge
1362 Facebook Friends | Verify Friendship
This person will receive your donation directly.
All payments are final and cannot be refunded.
Only give to people you know and trust.

Maybe that means something else, he's organizing it for her?

[yeoman6987]

12. Ah. I see now. He must be assisting with this

Normally red flags, but with the publicity I was comfortable to donate. Totally up to you. I already know that DUer's care about this. I was just venting about the rest of America.

[sabrina 1]

13. Okay, I see over one hundred comments there so I'l go ahead and donate.

One comment might explain why the Pizza Guy raised so much money. Fox has apparently been promoting it. I wonder if Rachel or someone on MSNBC might promote this fund? Cindy would make a guest I think.

[yeoman6987]

16. Thank you! It would be nice if it received more

Notice on MSNBC and major news programs too.

[marym625]

19. Just an FYI

The money is going directly to True Colors and you will receive a receipt for your taxes. It's a 501 (c) Corp. Scott set it up with permission from True Colors

Thanks for helping get it out there!

[sabrina 1]

20. Thanks, no problem, I already donated and it has gone way up since yesterday. Hope it keeps going

until they reach their goal. A million would be great!

[marym625]

22. I keep writing and tweeting people that could help

But nothing. Really disappointed. Ellen, Rachel Maddow, Andy Cohen, etc. Nothing

But we're doing OK without them

[appalachiablue]

3. I was happy to learn about Cyndi's TRUE COLORS FUND from a post here a few days ago.

Read the good website, and will donate thru it, or a gofundme link here. In my post today about Julian Castro & Homeless LGBT in Salon I included info. about Cyndi's work and a link to the group. With her energy and connections I'm surprised the fundraising isn't higher, but we'll see what we can do!

[sabrina 1]

10. Has Cindi's fund been on CNN or any other media? The Pizza guy had days of coverage on

Fox so that probably accounts for the money he made.

With only Social Media so far, Cindi has raised over $126,000. Maybe she get on CNN or MSNBC, Rachel or one of the other Liberal hosts?

[appalachiablue]

14. Cyndi going on CNN, MSNBC or any other venue is a great idea. I checked the gofundme site,

and also see Scott Woolridge, others are donating there too. Will figure it out tmrw.

[sabrina 1]

15. Cindi would be a great guest on any of the Liberal shows, maybe her manager, assuming she has one

could arrange it.

I'm sure it's legitimate, I was just wondering when I saw the name.

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. I'd venture a guess that a large part of the general public has no idea gofundme exists...

And even if they did; we live in a country with over three hundred twenty MILLION people. There will never be a situation where everyone leans the same way in the fashion that seaweed does when the tide turns.

[TexasTowelie]

5. Not only is not glamorous, but in a lot of ways people consider the homeless to be non-existent.

They believe that the homeless are not worthy of medical care and since nobody is willing to take them into their household it means that nobody cares whether they live or not. Social Darwinism is applied to the extreme.

[yeoman6987]

7. So true

Your post is so accurate.

[Mnemosyne]

17. K&R! nt

[marym625]

18. K&R

The more we expose this, the better

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. the pizza fund was talked up on talk radio. they made it a.political issue

Righties follow the drum beat. Lefties dont

[marym625]

23. Really disappointed

I know we're doing OK but it should be so much higher at this point.

If those "Christian" pizza people actually gave a shit about people, they would make a huge donation. If for no other reason than to prove they care about homeless children and aren't the money grubbing pos asswipes they are

[Behind the Aegis]

24. It is sad, but it is not really unexpected.

All we can do is keep the word out and support it when we can.