Re: Telethon restrict to cmt

September 3, 2002

Gretchen:

I worked the phones for the MDAtelethon on Mon. in stown PA and

was told I could not earmark funds for CMT even after I insisted I

could. I also did a quickly interview and talked about CMT.

Again-need help and attendees for CMT support group in Western PA.

JD

Hello JD: that is a strange thing for ANY organization to

say. It is YOUR donation - you have a right to say what it

is used for. I have had a fundraising career for 15 years,

and gifts can be and sometimes are restricted for certain

projects. I will look into this as it is deeply troubling

that MDA would not allow you to donate to CMT. I'd love to

help you with your support group - what can I do? I live in

California, so I can't be there, but if I can do anything

from here, let me know.

PS. If anyone else had this same donation problem with MDA

would you please let me know? Thanks.

~ Gretchen

September 3, 2002

Hello friends,

Just wanted to say that you CAN earmark your MDA donation for a

specific disease, including CMT. The online donation form at the

MDA site has a specific place to check if you want your donation to

go towards a specific disease. Here is the web address for that

page.

Hope this helps clear up the confusion. Remember, a pledge during a

telethon is simply a pledge. The pledge slips I was using here in

Raleigh as I answered phones did not have any fields to indicate

memorials or earmarking funds to a specific disease. However, that

can be done by letter when they send in the donation. I have not

seen the pledge packet that is mailed to contributors to see if it

might be contained there. Pledge packets are mailed after the

telethon is completed.

Ruth in Raleigh

Ruth: thanks so much for this information. This is just what I

thought. ~ Gretchen

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