Charitable Donation?
Posted: 25 Aug 2008, 15:11
The Salvation Army realised that it had never received a
donation from the city’s most successful lawyer. So a
Salvation Army volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his
lavish city office.
The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, 'Our research
shows that even though your annual income is over two
million dollars, you don't give a cent to charity. Wouldn't
you like to give something back to your community through
the Salvation Army ?'
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, 'First, did your
research also show you that my mother is dying after a
long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that
are far beyond her ability to pay?'
Embarrassed, the Salvation Army rep mumbles, 'Uh... no, I
didn't know that.'
'Secondly,' says the lawyer, 'my brother, a disabled
Vietnam veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and
is unable to support his wife and their six children.'
The stricken Salvation Army rep begins to stammer an
apology, but is cut off again. 'Thirdly, did your research
also show you that my sister's husband died in dreadful car
accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three
children, one of whom is disabled and another that has
learning disabilities requiring an array of private
tutors?'
The humiliated Salvation Army rep, completely beaten, says,
'I'm so sorry, I had no idea.'
And the lawyer says, 'So. . . . if I didn't give any money to
them, what makes you think I'd give any to you?’
Graham
donation from the city’s most successful lawyer. So a
Salvation Army volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his
lavish city office.
The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, 'Our research
shows that even though your annual income is over two
million dollars, you don't give a cent to charity. Wouldn't
you like to give something back to your community through
the Salvation Army ?'
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, 'First, did your
research also show you that my mother is dying after a
long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that
are far beyond her ability to pay?'
Embarrassed, the Salvation Army rep mumbles, 'Uh... no, I
didn't know that.'
'Secondly,' says the lawyer, 'my brother, a disabled
Vietnam veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and
is unable to support his wife and their six children.'
The stricken Salvation Army rep begins to stammer an
apology, but is cut off again. 'Thirdly, did your research
also show you that my sister's husband died in dreadful car
accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three
children, one of whom is disabled and another that has
learning disabilities requiring an array of private
tutors?'
The humiliated Salvation Army rep, completely beaten, says,
'I'm so sorry, I had no idea.'
And the lawyer says, 'So. . . . if I didn't give any money to
them, what makes you think I'd give any to you?’
Graham
