The True Citizen
P.O.Box 948
Waynesboro, GA 30830
(706) 554-2111

Letters to Editor

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EDITOR:

I'd like to compliment the gentleman on staff at the Waynesboro Post Office. On Christmas Day, he reported to work for a few hours and made calls to various ones regarding gift boxes that arrived in town too late for delivery the day before Christmas. Everyone was able to pick up their gift that day. Again, I say thanks. There are nice and concerned people all around us.
May God bless you. Ida Lewis Waynesboro

EDITOR:

I was solicited today by someone “from Athens” for the “American Association of State Troopers” (AAST) raising money for “the Child Identification Campaign.” The gentleman asked if he could send me some literature without mentioning money. I asked if he was soliciting funds for charity, and he said they were asking for contributions. I asked what percentage of the contributed money actually went to the campaign, and he gave me an 800 number and quickly hung up. The 800 number put me through to an answering machine. I have written them twice in the past asking for statistics on fund donations but received no answers. According to the Securities and Business Regulation Division of Georgia, only 20 percent of the funds raised by the AAST in Georgia actually went to charity. Most of the money went to pay salaries of this Florida based telemarketing firm. Pennsylvania and Oklahoma sued AAST on charges that it misleads donors into thinking that they are speaking with troopers and that donated money stays in the state. Before giving money to any charity, Cathy Cox, Georgia’s Secretary of State, advises donors to determine:
• The exact purpose of the charity.
• The address and/or phone number where the solicitor and the charity can be reached.
• The percentage of your contribution the charity will receive.
• If the money donated will be used in Georgia and, if so, in the city or county in which you live. Susan Kinney Waynesboro

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