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On donating to the Gabriola Commons

Gabriolan on 26 Jun 2009

Some months ago a volunteer from the Gabriola Commons phoned me. Would I consider signing up to support the Commons? Would I give them a cheque to authorize bank account deductions each month? Well, no, I wouldn’t. I give to charities, but I don’t write cheques anymore, and that monthly deduction thing creeps me out. [...]

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Dear Gabriola charities

Gabriolan on 01 Apr 2009

Dear Gabriola charities, I’d give you a lot more money if I could donate online. Imagine me, at the end of last December, realizing that I needed to donate money right away before the tax year ended; otherwise that money would go to the government instead of to charity. Yipes! No time to mail a [...]

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