[Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program

[David Andrews]

This so-called charity has been discussed on various nfbnet.org lists 
in the past, and other places in the blind community.  They may not 
be doing anything illegal, but seem to be of minimal help to blind 
persons.  The organization appears to be a couple people in an 
office, who raise money through car donations.  Most of that money 
then goes to buying more advertising for car donations, and a living 
for the people involved.  They apparently provide some minimal 
information and referral type services, to justify their 
existence.  It isn't something we should support -- it seems to me.

Dave

At 01:36 PM 3/19/2013, you wrote:
>Sorry... I take back my initial email.  Upon further digging on Charity
>Navigators, which is a site that ranks charities and is designed to provide
>information to donors, I found this.
>
>http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7722
>
>I can't believe I was fooled; but I guess they play off of the gullibleness
>of people so they're web site would intentionally be misleading.  They also
>refused to disclose information to the Better Business Bureau, which sounds
>fishy.  The BBB web site says that disclosure is voluntary, but the point of
>disclosing information is to show an honest depiction of the company
>standards to donors.  So, basically they're saying that this company is
>hiding something for a reason, and although they're allowed to decide to do
>that why would they if they had nothing to hide?  At least New York is
>investigating their car, van, and boat donations.
>
>Kaiti Shelton
>University of Dayton---2016
>Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
>Secretary, Ohio Association of Blind Students (OABS)-NFB
>Member of Alpha Phi Omega-Alpha Gamma Xi Chapter
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne
>Denning
>Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:51 PM
>To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program
>
>Has anyone heard the advertisement for vehicle donations for "Heritage for
>the Blind??  I have recently heard them in the Cincinnati area and I am
>worried it is a scam.  I went to the website and could not find anything
>telling me what this organization does.  I know this is off topic but I am
>always concerned about things like this.
>
>On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Cheryl Fields
><cherylelaine1957 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi, this is a really great idea and should be profitable. Is it
> > possible for someone to develop a email flyer for us print and forward
> > to our friends and family.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Cheryl Fields
> >
> > On 3/19/13, Eric Duffy <eduffy at deltav.org> wrote:
> > > I am posting in part a message from Joanne Wilson in our national
>office.
> > > Please do what you can to help.
> > >
> > > The National Federation of the Blind has launched a vehicle donation
> > > program. The vehicle donation program allows us to accept car
> > > donations anywhere in the United States. Our national office and our
> > > affiliates
> > have
> > > been turning car donations away because we have not had an effective
> > > program for managing these donations and turning them into cash for
> > > the organization. We have now solved this problem and we need your
> > > help to
> > take
> > > advantage of this opportunity.
> > >
> > > After extensive research, the Federation has made an agreement with
> > > Vehicles for Charity to process our car donations. Besides cars, we
> > > also accept vans, RVs, motorcycles, dirt bikes, boats, trucks, and
> > > tractors.  However, it
> > is
> > > up to us to capture the donors by promoting the fact that we can
> > > accept vehicle donations and finding creative ways to get the word out.
> > > Please Spread the word that the NFB is now accepting vehicle donations.
> > > Encourage members to send all referrals to the page on our website
> > > www.nfb.org/vehicledonations or to our toll free vehicle donation
> > > number 855-659-9314.
> > >
> > > It is important that we all do what we can to help spread the word
> > > about this new program.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > >
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>Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>(513) 607-6053