[Chat] getting free food donated

[jdy]

brad had also sent this out about a month ago.
judy
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Kathleen Wilsbach
  To: Chat at charlesvillage.info
  Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 12:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Chat] getting free food donated


  >The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click
  >on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day
  >to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a minute to go to
  >their site and click on "feed an animal in need" for free! This doesn't
  >cost you a thing! Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of
  >daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange
  >for advertising. Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know!
  >
  >http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

  This was just posted on another of the lists I subscribe to:

      Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 15:19:12 -0700 (PDT)
      From: SkispringenFan <FliegSimiFlieg at swiss-inter.net>
  Subject: fwd: warning re: Animal Rescue Site ("Click for Food")

  Rabbits -- and other animals -- may not be benefiting as much from
  this scheme as Homeline Publications is.

  A fellow animal advocate did a little investigating re the Animal
  Rescue Site and found the following...

  Cheryl

  <<
  In general, for-profit click through donations, except as provided by
  ethical businesses, range from useless to frauds.

  The Animal Rescue Site is run by CharityUSA.com.  CharityUSA.com, is
  a for profit organization owned by HOMELINE PUBLICATIONS, a known
  problem spammer. (See
  http://www.rhyolite.com/anti-spam/spammers-t.html )  CharityUSA.com's
  sites include: thebreastcancersite.com, thehungersite.com,
  therainforestsite.com, theanoimaslrescuesite.com, thechildsite.com,
  greatergood.com, earthdaystore, and ecologyfund.com.  The
  organization has not chosen to provide the Better Business Bureau, or
  anyone else, with information on their operation.

  Quoting from  "oThe Charlotte Observer"  on another CharityUSA site:

(http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/columnists/mr_watchdog/5282071.
htm)

  "each click is worth about 0.2 of a penny. So if you visit the site
  every day for a year, you've contributed a grand total of about 80
  cents.

  "If it's that important to you," Borochoff said, "wouldn't it be more
  productive to make a donation somewhere?"
  >>

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