[nagdu] Go Fund Me

[Debby Phillips]

It would be a means that would keep poorer folks out.  Even if 
people went to sources like Go Fund Me or whatever it is, poorer 
people tend to not have good Internet, or not have computers.  
And back in the day when I and many of my friends were getting 
our first dogs, we were all poor, under-employed, and our 
families certainly couldn't have helped much.  Most of my friends 
were like me, with either no job, or low-paying jobs.  The 
results would have been pitiful.  Whether we always like the way 
the schools go about fund raising, they have the know-how to do 
it.  Actually Seeing Eye did not do fund raising until the late 
1980's.  Their endowment was large enough that they did not have 
to, and in fact gave numerous grants for eye research and genetic 
research for dogs.  Now the endowment is not as large as it once 
was, and they are in the position of the rest of the schools and 
has  to raise funds.  It's a tougher world out there for 
organizations that are non-profits and that get no government 
funding.  (I'm just as glad the schools don't get government 
funding, because there would be so many rules and regulations 
attached that probably would make no sense and would be stupid.  
Well, my tired body is heading for bed.  Going to take Nova out 
to park and then bed.    Debby and Nova