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ARE CHARITIES TOO CHOOSY ?

Dear Ed,

Re: Don't kill the goose which laid the golden egg

I support J Cullen's comments, but from another angle. 

I have recently tried to interest several charitable agencies in good, clean items (blankets, cots, high chairs - that sort of tackle); all of this was turned sown since the condition was considered not to be of "marketable quality". 

There must be hundreds of people, in circumstances much worse than mine, who would just love to have the sort of gear that we can't (apparently) give away. 

The most surprising response was from the Salvation Army who seem to have given up with any direct help of the needy, channeling all donations o­nly through the shop.

Lazarus