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[โ€“] givesomefucks 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used to donate all the time pre-covid.

We had good people come to my office and I could give while on the clock.

When COVID calmed down I tried to find a good place, but they're all shitty and the stuff went down hill due to nursing shortage.

Plus you have to usually go through a third party that makes money off it. And the shitty service is because they know people will donate anyways. Because I tried a couple, now I'm getting all types of spam calls, including an automated one that started out with a woman screaming "help, there's been a car accident".

Lots more people would donate if it wasn't a terrible fucking system.

[โ€“] Phantom3805 4 points 1 year ago

My coworker reached out and asked about being a donation center and they oblige. Your workplace probably just stopped working with them. We still do them regularly and never really stopped during covid.

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