Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts

Sunday, September 21, 2008

For Profit Charities


I was looking for a way to volunteer here in Clarksville and I came across this program named "In2Books." The premise is basically electronic penpals for youth. When U investigated the program though I discovered that it is one of the many new for profit charities, so I refrained from immediately signing up. I am concerened about donating time to profit someone else. But, I guess it depends on the point of view that you adopt for the program. You could see it the way I thought of it as giving time to earn other people money, or you could see it as just supporting a child. I think ultimately it is probably a worth while endeavor because the profit margin will attract intelligent people to oversee the program, but I don't know if there is enough oversight of the company to keep it from abusing its young audience.