Sunday, April 17, 2005
I am quite sure most of you had just watched the last edition of NKF show for this year. So did you guys make any calls to support them? If yes, how many calls did you made? If no, why? Well I did made a few calls. I think my mum made more than me. But what irks me is the way the hosts keep on stressing the prizes that we can win if we call now or if we make the $50 call which will give us a bigger percentage change of winning the car.
I am quite sure most of you guys already know that NKF might be getting too rich for their own good. I am not against them. In fact I just received a letter from them thanking me for donating $5.50 monthly to them for the past one year. But what make me uneasy is the constant stress on the prizes we stand to win if we call and donate our money. Is this the right way to go? I remember the Tsunami fund raised by S'poreans stood at an amazing figure of 84 million. Never for once was any prizes offered by The Red Cross. This shows that S'poreans are not that miserable when it comes to helping those less unfortunate. If only we can donate these so called prizes to NKF, I think they might not even need so many calls every year from us.
So is this NKF thingy a charity event for us or just a chance for us to win that fancy condo and car. I would like to see them host it once without the prizes. Just ask the sponsor to donate the amount straight to NKF. I think the it will serve the patients better. The reason why my mum and I called is because of those sad stories that they played before going for a commercial break. Those stories are the reason why I would willingly fork out my money to them. Not those fancy prizes. If the prizes are part of the reason for people donating, I don't think that we are getting the right message across. We should always help those less unfortunate irregardless of prizes or no prizes. Are we setting a good example to our young ones? I know of people who is treating this like Toto. Though it is more expensive, you stand a higher chance of winning with so many prizes being offered. I think NKF is going up the wrong path.
We should instead concentrate on those poor patients who are really finding it hard to survive at this place we call home. They deserve our greatest respect for the dignity they had showed even when all the odds seem to be against them. I will be cancelling my donation to NKF once I find out how it is done. No offence to them but I rather donate more to The Community Chest who I think is really using the right approach is asking for donations.
You can take a picture of something you see. In the future where will I be?
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