Day 46 - Stop Sending Me Mail

Dear charities, I know times are tough, and I understand the need for fundraising, but here's a tip, maybe you should not send fundraising promos to folks who have already sent you a check for the year 2012. And another thing, when we contribute to the charity, it would be awfully nice if you did not sell the names your donor list. How do I know you do this? It's easy, your charity has always had me listed with an H. as my middle initial. My middle initial is an M. So anytime I receive fundraising letters that have an H as my middle initial, I know they got my name and address from you.
To all the peripheral suppliers who work with the charities, I do not need any more address labels, greeting cards, pens, bookmarks or inspirational literature. My house doth over-floweth with all this stuff. I think if someone sat down and crunched the numbers, the money paid out to the designers, photographers, printers as well as the shipping charges to China and back, as that is where all of the "gifts especially for you" are made, maybe just maybe they would decide that they could save a buck or two if they just settle for an annual fund raising drive.
We believe strongly in supporting out favorite charities, but the continual barrage of materials that accost us on a daily basis is leaving a bad taste in our mouths. They are now ranking in our estimation, only slightly below all the Publisher's Clearing House crap!