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Old 11-12-2009, 02:56 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by kermitology View Post
I really wish that more of the fund raising efforts actually donated that money to research.

I think it might even have been here that mentioned something like 5% of the money raised by cancer foundations actually GOES to cancer research. The rest of it gets tied up in funding the fundraisers and stupid crap like that.

Imagine raising $2500 for the breast cancer walk and NONE of that money goes anywhere other than the fundraiser to "raise awareness"
Absolutely not true. I was wondering this myself so I asked a Herald reporter to look into some numbers for me. In regards to that "Walk or Run for Breast Cancer" event, over 80% goes straight to research.
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