I can not understand why a charitable organization competition would ever be considered. I viewed Chase Bank's American Giving Award on television and could not stop wondering - how could anyone be a judge of charitable organizations to determine that one organization is better than another. All of the nominated organizations at the televised award are equally deserving in their own right since they all serve the needs of the disadvantage. So, how could one be deemed as "better" than the other. Was this year's competition judged on how many FaceBook friends the organization managed to secure and how an organization was able to get people to write the organization's logo on their foreheads? If these were criteria for judging, then there is no surprise how the winner of this year's competition was selected. Otherwise, who is to say that serving the needs of poor girls in an African country is a better charitable duty than preventing slave practices of youth smuggled into the United States. Or who is to say that giving children in foster homes a voice may not be as important as using reading materials to educate children throughout the world? Instead of bestowing the chosen organization with so much prize money, why not give this well needed money to all the organizations?
Sunday, December 9, 2012
American Giving Awards
I can not understand why a charitable organization competition would ever be considered. I viewed Chase Bank's American Giving Award on television and could not stop wondering - how could anyone be a judge of charitable organizations to determine that one organization is better than another. All of the nominated organizations at the televised award are equally deserving in their own right since they all serve the needs of the disadvantage. So, how could one be deemed as "better" than the other. Was this year's competition judged on how many FaceBook friends the organization managed to secure and how an organization was able to get people to write the organization's logo on their foreheads? If these were criteria for judging, then there is no surprise how the winner of this year's competition was selected. Otherwise, who is to say that serving the needs of poor girls in an African country is a better charitable duty than preventing slave practices of youth smuggled into the United States. Or who is to say that giving children in foster homes a voice may not be as important as using reading materials to educate children throughout the world? Instead of bestowing the chosen organization with so much prize money, why not give this well needed money to all the organizations?
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