Mark,
I do appreciate your asking the group what we think about the matter.
If you feel like our dollars will go farther with one group than
another, then make the move. It's obvious that you've been thinking
more about it than I have. An $800K salary CEO seems a bit on the high
side, but who am I to judge ;)
I like the idea of helping folks worldwide, but I'm not sure if it
matters if our few dollars go overseas. Hell, if they come up with some
new treatment or an actual cure, one would think it would spread around
the world pretty quick.
I did like Bob's idea of donating photographs to someplace they would be
appreciated. (My wife appreciates mine on the wall over there, but you
know what I mean.)
Mark, is there someplace online where you have or would put up a total
figure for dollars raised for each book/the total project?
Cory
On 2/19/2011 7:48 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Bob Sullivan wrote:
John,
Dana-Farber is a name familiar to me in Chicago, but we're experienced.
More to the point, the Dana-Farber project I had in mind, Pediatric
Oncology Global Outreach, is *specifically* an international project.
That's why it got my attention.
I do like MSF, which some others have mentioned: it's one of my
favorite international aid organizations. The disadvantages of MSF
from the standpoint of the PDML Photo Annual are that we're too small
to get much priority from them - we'd be a small fish in a big sea. It
would be difficult for them to give us less attention than CureSearch
did, but it's certainly possible. They are also based about 3000 miles
away from me, so we'd be communicating entirely by email. Been there
and done that.
With the Dana-Farber's Pediatric Oncology Global Outreach we'd be
their only specifically dedicated publicity/fundraising group (so far)
- with the hope that both we and they would grow with time - so we'd
be a big(ish) fish in a little sea. They're two miles from my house,
so I can meet with them in person from time to time and we can
coordinate local P.R. I have an in-house expert, my S.O. Dr Lisa, a
pediatric pathologist specializing in bone and soft tissue tumors, and
also PDMLer Rick Womer, a pediatric oncologist, who can tell me
authoritatively that what they're doing (what we're supporting) is
scientifically valid and useful.
A pretty good assortment of assets, in my opinion.
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