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Erose999

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6. The neighborhood my parents lived in in the story I posted above was one of the poorest in our

Reply to Leith (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 10:02 AM

Oct 2014

community. It wasn't a trailer park, but it was a community of mobile homes and mostly poorer retirees. I guess it depends of the local United Way organization and how its managed.

And for all I know the local where my parents live probably also supports scouts and proms.

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United Way [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 OP

From my personal and extremely subjective experience with the United Way I think they're great. When Erose999 Oct 2014 #1

Thank you for sharing that Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2014 #2

When I cared...they supported BSA which discriminated against gays and atheists HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #3

That Reason and Much More Leith Oct 2014 #4

I worked for Hertx the year the CEO was on the United way board, he said he could get 100% hollysmom Oct 2014 #5

The neighborhood my parents lived in in the story I posted above was one of the poorest in our Erose999 Oct 2014 #6

F.I.S.H. stands for "For Immediate Sympathetic Help" FSogol Oct 2014 #8

I donate to individual charities after investigating them. MineralMan Oct 2014 #7