On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 7:49:46 PM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 1:07:20 PM UTC-8, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
I just got a report from the Amazon Smile folks that says that to date those that have signed up for a portion of their Amazon purchases to be donated to the SSA made a total contribution of $2025.23 (no idea if that is yearly or forever). The total could have been higher but something is surely better than nothing.

What I found a bit crazy is that Amazon tells me that my personal contribution to the SSA is a whopping 6.1% of the total amount! Really? Are there so few SSA members (15 out of ~10,000 members?) using this painless and zero expense way to contribute to the organization that supports the sport that we all love?

Many SSA members are contributing via Amazon to a different non-for-profit organization which is more aligned to their charitable desires. Great! Contributing to others is a wonderful thing.

But if you don't use, or know about, the Amazon Smile contribution system then I urge you to check it out at http://smile.amazon.com/. Please support whomever you please. Maybe the SSA is a choice for you too.

Thanks and Merry Christmas
John DeRosa (OHM)

I also use Amazon Smile, but for a different (deserving) charity. Don't judge people from these statistics.

Tom

....and I will add that you can make a donation DIRECTLY to the SSA if you want. I am going to do this out of my IRA that counts toward my Minimum Required Distribution and won't be taxed. This is, effectively, allows me to get charitable deductions without itemizing. The MRD only applies to us geezers over 70 1/2 that have IRAs, although anybody can do donations from their IRAs.

Tom