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Judging by the video, it was much too small an area for such a large event. I've been involved in organizing numerous large community Easter Egg Hunts. One of the best areas for this type of high-volume hunt is baseball fields or soccer fields. We held an event one year at a park that had multiple soccer fields. One of the fields was strictly for small children (2-3) and each child was allowed to have one parent accompany them. Then we had two adjacent fields for the older kids, and NO parents were allowed on the field. Volunteers (crowd control) were easily identifiable by bright yellow t-shirts. And when the rules were announced, they were told that anyone who tried to get on the field early or pushed or shoved another participant would be escorted to a "penalty box" where they would have to wait 60 seconds (that doesn't sound like much, but the Egg Hunts were usually over in a matter of seconds. Those kids are like little Hoovers).
Im lost. Corporate greed? Where? This was a not for profit that was raising money for its fight against Human Trafficing. The only reason we are reading about it is because of the "greed" of the people. I hate that word myself, but with this story it shows why exactly I dislike the word greed. The only people that I see using the word are those that want to make sure that they get theirs. If someone gets more than them it hurts for some reason, even if that person worked for what they have. Just because someone does better than someone else they are considered greedy. Even when business is mentioned as being greedy the real deal is business that is breaking the law. The term greedy should not be used. The term law breaker should. When a business is following the laws as they are set out and make a profit then they should not be seen as greedy. They are just doing what they were designed to do.
The not for profit would have brought in the same amount had this gone on without a hitch and ran smoothly. We are reading about it because the people would not follow the rules. The people were greedy.
The eggs cost the group, called Blue Heart, about $10,000, but $20 tickets brought in some $140,000.
I didn't see anything in the article about "profits given to _____ charity". IOW someone made some fast easy cash off of something sacred like a children's easter egg hunt. Again..CORPORATE GREED. Understand?
The eggs cost the group, called Blue Heart, about $10,000, but $20 tickets brought in some $140,000.
I didn't see anything in the article about "profits given to _____ charity". IOW someone made some fast easy cash off of something sacred like a children's easter egg hunt. Again..CORPORATE GREED. Understand?
You apparently didn't read the article you linked. Literally the sentence before where it told the prices that you apparently read, it said:
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The good news: The event made a lot of money for its sponsor charity, which fights human trafficking, "way more" than the group spent, says its CEO.
The eggs cost the group, called Blue Heart, about $10,000, but $20 tickets brought in some $140,000.
I didn't see anything in the article about "profits given to _____ charity". IOW someone made some fast easy cash off of something sacred like a children's easter egg hunt. Again..CORPORATE GREED. Understand?
Reading comprehension ... it's a good thing.
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The good news: The event made a lot of money for its sponsor charity, which fights human trafficking, "way more" than the group spent, says its CEO. The eggs cost the group, called Blue Heart, about $10,000, but $20 tickets brought in some $140,000.
Research Blue Heart & how pathetically little actual money goes to a bona fide "charity". Reality is an even better thing. It was staged to break the Guiness World Record which it didn't even do.
"All this, and the world record wasn't even officially broken, since the eggs arrived too late for Guinness World Record officiants to make a confirmation."
Research Blue Heart & how pathetically little actual money goes to a bona fide "charity". Reality is an even better thing. It was staged to break the Guiness World Record which it didn't even do.
"All this, and the world record wasn't even officially broken, since the eggs arrived too late for Guinness World Record officiants to make a confirmation."
"Blue Heart" is not even listed. SCAM = Corporate Greed. Comprende'?
I think it's time to quietly back away and try again another day. This thread will probably drift off the top page before the day is done and we can all pretend it never happened.
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