Fueling a great cause in Waupaca County
A local fuel company is teaming up with the American Breast Cancer Foundation (ABCF) to help fund breast cancer research.
Offering commercial fuels, equipment and repair services, Charter Fuels is pledging to donate a portion of the profits its special propane delivery truck - adorned with a pink ribbon and hue - collects during the next several months.
In its fourth year, the pink propane truck came to the delivery route of the Waupaca branch in July.
"We have six branches throughout the state of Wisconsin," said LuAnne Pink, owner of Charter Fuels with husband Doug. "Each year, the truck is moved. The proceeds we donate help raise money and awareness about breast cancer and early detection."
LuAnne said the decision to donate to the organization came from personal experiences with the disease.
"We have family members and employees with family members who have
been affected by breast cancer. It affects many of our customers. I feel it's a very worthwhile cause," she said.
The pink truck has other roots in the industry as well, she explained.
What Charter Fuels donates depends on the volume of what the truck delivers in a 12-month period to the service area.
"It came here July 1, and the plan is to have it here until next summer," said Mike Kempf, branch lead for Charter Fuels in Waupaca.
He said that anyone who needs to purchase propane, whether for agricultural, business or personal use, can request the pink truck to participate in the program and help the cause.
Over the last four years, Charter Fuels has been able to donate up to $5,000 each year for ABCF.
The foundation, according to its website at www.abcf.org, provides financial assistance for breast cancer screenings and diagnostic tests for uninsured and underserved individuals, regardless of age or gender.
More than 50 percent of those who receive funding assistance from ABCF are already symptomatic, the organization stated.
In addition, ABCF distributes breast cancer information.
It also maintains partnerships with medical clinics in metropolitan areas by funding breast cancer screenings to provide reduced-fee breast cancer screenings to ABCF-funded patients.
Each donation allows the organization to continue to partner with medical clinics across the nation to provide affordable breast cancer screening and treatment services, further reduce screening and treatment costs for those in need and increase the number of people who will receive funding assistance toward the provision of screening and diagnostic testing.
To participate in the program, contact Charter Fuels' at 715-258-5133. To make a direct donation to the American Breast Cancer Foundation visit abcf.org.
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5 Comments for "Fueling a great cause in Waupaca County "
According to Charity Navigator, ABCF (as a charitable organization) gets an overall score of 20 out 70, and [b]ZERO out of 70 for financial stewardship[/b].
In their most recent financial statement, ABCF states that it spent $3.4MIL to raise $5.1MIL; or $0.66 for every $1.
(Charity Navigator reports that 90% of charities spend less than $0.35 for ever $1 raised, and 70% spend less than $0.25 for every $1.)
A story on "The Big Business of Breast Cancer" published about a year ago, described how one of the ABCF founders left the organization to start a marketing company - which then billed ABCF $18MIL over nine years for fund raising activities.
[quote]Each donation allows the organization to continue to partner with medical clinics across the nation to provide affordable breast cancer screening and treatment services, further reduce screening and treatment costs for those in need and increase the number of people who will receive funding assistance toward the provision of screening and diagnostic testing. [/quote]
To be transparent, no more than 33% of the donation goes to those activities.
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[u]Alternative breast cancer charitable organizations (and their Charity Navigator scores out of 70):[/u]
National Breast Cancer Foundation (67)
Living Beyond Breast Cancer (69)
BreastCancer.org (65)
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momofour Oct 04, 2012 11:15 AM
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The Boy Scouts of America have a longstanding policy denying membership to gay leaders and Scouts, which they reaffirmed earlier this year after a two-year confidential review of the controversial ban.
Almost-Eagle Scout denied award because he is gay
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/04/14224160-almost-eagle-scout-denied-award-because-he-is-gay?lite
areyoucrazy Oct 04, 2012 10:53 PM
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[quote]the government may prohibit some speech that may cause a breach of the peace or cause violence[/quote]
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[quote]Lastpercentile recently made a mockery of the BSA.[/quote]
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[i] "Oregon’s highest court cleared the way on Thursday for the release of thousands of pages of documents detailing accusations and investigations of sexual abuse or other improprieties by Boy Scout leaders around the nation from the mid-1960s into the 1980s."
"The files played a central role in a civil case in 2010 over the abuse of six boys by a scout leader in Portland, OR, in the 1980s. That trial ended with an $18.5 million punitive judgment against the Boy Scouts of America, the largest ever by far against the organization in a sex case jury trial."
"The Scouts began keeping the files shortly after their creation in 1910. The organization argues that the files helped them track offenders and protect children. But some of the files released in 1991, detailing cases from 1971 to 1991, [b]showed repeated instances of Scouts leaders failing to disclose sex abuse to authorities, even when they had a confession[/b]."[/i]
(from articles published this year - as recently as last week)
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