Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I thought I would take advantage of the lull in summer postings to
send along the following e-mail blast. Regular readers will appreciate
this “follow-up” news from “Around Town on the Web” because
together, we make this town great!
First, a couple of weeks ago, I sent an e-mail regarding a potentially
suspect phone fundraising group called “Bay State Veterans” and
asked you to reply with your feedback or further information about the
group. I can tell you that eleven of you responded almost immediately
with your concerns about the pitch you had received from “Bay State
Veterans”. A couple of you noted the caller ID phone number as
781-656-0232. One of you was kind enough to mention the “Do Not
Call” registry which can be found here: https://www.donotcall.gov/
, even though the “Bay State Veterans” did not appear to be
concerned with following any rules! One of you had received a call
from the legitimate organization called Bay State */Vietnam/*
Veterans, but the rest of you had some of the same concerns that I
raised in my e-mail. To summarize, suffice it to say that you should
always be suspect of unsolicited phone calls asking for monetary
donations (especially when they mimic legitimate organizations), and
do not hesitate to ask for a follow-up solicitation in writing in the
mail, or check on a group via the Attorney General’s listing of
legitimate charities’ annual filing documents at
http://www.charities.ago.state.ma.us/
. Thanks to those of you who chimed in with your additional concerns!
Second, one of my favorite Boy Scouts had a great turnout at his blood
drive yesterday and I could not resist passing along this quote from
soon-to-be-Eagle Scout Mike Krall:
“I want to say thank you to everyone that came out yesterday and
made this blood drive so successful. We had 92 people show up and this
will help 231 patients. How cool is that? Thank you to everyone who
donated, took time out of their day, helped by getting the word out,
provided refreshments, and helped out yesterday it all helped to make
it a great day. A special thank you to the first time donors who
overcame their fears and donated blood. This was Mass General’s most
successful drive this summer.”
As always, together we make this town great.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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