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- From: tpennick@axion.bt.co.uk (Tim Pennick)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Stamp Question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.140427.29473@axion.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:04:27 GMT
- References: <3207@ucl-cs.uucp>
- Sender: news@axion.bt.co.uk
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- From article <3207@ucl-cs.uucp>, by G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly):
- > Nick Chapman writes:
- > >
- > > A question that been bothering me for a while...
- > >
- > > Why do some charity organisations collect used postage stamps?
- > >
- > >
- > >
- > > Nick.
- > > --
- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > > Nick Chapman, GEC-Marconi Research Centre | INTERNET: nic@uk.co.gec-mrc
- > > Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex. CM2 8HN | Tel: +44 245 73331 x3245
- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >
- > And do the "Guide Dogs For The Blind" still collect milk bottle tops?
- >
- > I believe that they have more trained dogs than they can use, and much
- > spare cash (the largest liquid assets of a UK charity?)
- >
-
- The answer to the first question is yes, the Guide Dog Assoc. does still
- collect milk bottle tops, and stamps.
-
- As a guide dog owner, my answer to the second point is my personal
- understanding of what has given rise to the current feeling that the
- association has more money than it knows what to do with. I do not claim to
- speak on behalf of the association.
-
- As I understand it, a press release was produced in the recent National
- Guide dog Week, which was meant to bring peoples attention to the fact that
- there are still a lot of blind people in the UK who do not realise that they
- are eligible for a guide dog. The whole point of the publicity was to
- contact these people, so that if they should wish, they could put their
- names on the current waiting list and be interviewed to assess their
- potential as a guide dog owner. The cost of training dogs is obviously very
- high, and in addition to its dog training activities, the GDBA also fulfills
- a rehabilitaion and general mobility training role. It also runs an
- adventure group which provides opportunities for blind people to try
- activities such as sailing, skiing, driving etc, which they don't often have
- a chance to have a go at. The GDBA has a massive fund-raising
- infra-structure, and a lot of people give up a lot of time to raise the
- neccessary money. If they didn't, then people would simply not be able to
- afford to have a guide dog.
-
- Tim Pennick
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