Commemmorative (9/11) Beanies at Ty - $5 + $3.00 shipping. ALL PROFITS GO TO WIDOWS FUNDS.

[loudOne]

from that place that makes your wallet fat:


<< 2 great commemorative beanies, $5 each plus shipping $3.00
100% of profits to benefit Widows Funds. >>


Get 'em for a good cause! I got 2 of 'em for my girl, she'll love them. Its a better deal anyway, if you get more than 1, shipping is only like 75 cents more for each. I look at it this way: its 13.75 I would gladly donate to charity anyway. Lets just hope they handle it better than Red Cross. :disgust:

Gotta feel for those widows of the victims ... give 'em a hand.

BEANIES.

loudOne

 

[popeye44]

My Mother thanks you very much.. 200+ beanies +these two...

 

[SpudsteR]

<< from that place that makes your wallet fat:


<< 2 great commemorative beanies, $5 each plus shipping $3.00
100% of profits to benefit Widows Funds. >>


Get 'em for a good cause! I got 2 of 'em for my girl, she'll love them. Its a better deal anyway, if you get more than 1, shipping is only like 75 cents more for each. I look at it this way: its 13.75 I would gladly donate to charity anyway. Lets just hope they handle it better than Red Cross. :disgust:

Gotta feel for those widows of the victims ... give 'em a hand.

BEANIES.

loudOne >>



Good post, but remember they donate the PROFITS. It may cost them $4.99 to make them sotheir donation is a penny each. (However I doubt this is true)

 

[bob92]

These are cute, but I think the families of the 9/11 victims will be ROLLING in money when all is said and done. Better to donate to some other worthy cause at this point, I think.

 

[cycloscott]

whhooooooo boy bob92, I expect you're going to catch some heat for that comment. I've been wondering much the same thing though, but your message finally got me to look at some of the numbers.

According to their website, the September 11 fund has raised about $40million for financial assistance to victims. If all of this cash was given solely to the families of the 4,000 or so victims, that would amount to $10,000 per family. Not exactly what I would consider 'ROLLING in money'. Also keep in mind that some of this money is to aid 'displaced workers'. Now, I'm sure that we can assume that the September 11 fund is not the only game in town that's providing direct financial assistance, but I kinda doubt that anyone is going to be retiring on the donations.

However, I also agree with you that we shouldn't forget that there are MANY other deserving charities out there. And I expect that a lot of them are hurting for donations right about now.

 

[bob92]

<< whhooooooo boy bob92, I expect you're going to catch some heat for that comment. I've been wondering much the same thing though, but your message finally got me to look at some of the numbers.

According to their website, the September 11 fund has raised about $40million for financial assistance to victims. If all of this cash was given solely to the families of the 4,000 or so victims, that would amount to $10,000 per family. Not exactly what I would consider 'ROLLING in money'. Also keep in mind that some of this money is to aid 'displaced workers'. Now, I'm sure that we can assume that the September 11 fund is not the only game in town that's providing direct financial assistance, but I kinda doubt that anyone is going to be retiring on the donations.

However, I also agree with you that we shouldn't forget that there are MANY other deserving charities out there. And I expect that a lot of them are hurting for donations right about now. >>



In addition to the 9/11 fund, there are several other funds which have collected large amounts of money, the biggest being the Red Cross's Liberty Fund at over $560 million. That would be ~$140,000 each from that one fund alone, if it were all distributed to the victims' families. Which it won't be, but with all the recent media and congressional scrutiny I expect that a large percentage of of the money that's been collected will end up in their hands.

On top of that, relatives of the fallen police and firefighters will receive (if they haven't already) a death benefit in the tens of thousands of dollars. And most of the victims will collect life insurance, plus a probable cash settlement with United and American Airlines in exchange for agreeing not to sue.

Of course none of that will bring their loved ones back, but my point is that we've already helped these people financially as much as we can . Throwing more money at them isn't going to do any more good, especially if it's money that would have gone to other charitable causes.

 

[mychm]

Thanks... this officially marks the end of my x-mas shopping. I was clueless what to get for my mother and grandmother, but matching sets of exclusive beanies does the trick. 1 each of all 4 for each for mother & grandmother (8 beanies total) came to $46 and change... perfect for my target of $25 per person. And on top of that.. the brownie points might mean an even better birthday for me next year.

Now I just need to pray that none of my family members are AT'ers or scan the Ty website ... wish me luck. Thanks for the deal.


Updates: according to FW.. confirmation says allow 8-12 wks for shipping... doesn't sound good for x-mas. Also.. looks like only 2 were exclusive, so if I don't figure out a way to change the order, I hope they don't have the others already