This is the apolitical thread for the apolitical charity group.

There's a whole snarky thread on the Pol Tab to call people names and throw around baseless accusations against each other.

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Honest Bender: You know what I do when I want some soup? I get a job!

Really?
Really?

Is that the best you could do? Because that was just pathetic.

feeblest troll ever.

fusillade762: Bontesla: You guys are awesome.

This. Restoring my faith in humanity slightly faster than it's being crushed.

Well, it's the small things that keep you sane. I won't lie - I've seen far more horror than good in my years, but it only takes something fairly minor to erase so much of the bad stuff from memory. I do not believe that humans are fundamentally decent beings, but I also know that I can't live my life constantly thinking that lest it corrode my heart.

Stuff like this is always a treat.

What I find most interesting is that there's been hatred for both GJTB and this. Some of them were the same people!

Ah well. We're doing cool things. The nice part is that it doesn't need their approval.

Current T-shirt concept:

White cotton tee.

On front left breast:

"No Politics. Just Soup."

On back, centered across shoulders:

"Hunger doesn't care how you vote."
"http://svdpusa.org"

PallMall: Well, I suppose they thought it was a better cause than #GiveJoeTheBird.

I damn sure did. The White House takes all gifts, donations and tax money they receive / collect and throws them in the fireplace. Donations to a soup kitchen are feeding real Americans. Screw Joe. I'll gladly flip him the bird, that's all he gets from me. Don't mean to be grumpy, I just hate scumbag politicians.

PallMall: Sometimes it takes a bit for the Politics Tab to wear off. It's not like a light switch.. you have to ease in and out of there.

I go in dry.

vermicious k'nid: Indiegogo doesn't do Paypal or Amazon? WTF?

IndieGoGo does but I elected not to use PayPal when setting up this campaign, because of PayPal's history of locking up accounts that receive large amounts of money in a short time and taking weeks or months to release it.

Bontesla: You guys are awesome.

This. Restoring my faith in humanity slightly faster than it's being crushed.

All right, let's try to keep this positive, eh? I'm going to be talking to the media on Monday and it would be nice if the questions weren't all about Fark but rather about the campaign.

PallMall: Well, I suppose they thought it was a better cause than #GiveJoeTheBird.

Both are good causes. Is there no ray of joy in your life? Nothing that you can't ignore the silver lining on?

For those who have not seen this yet, please read this thread for details/background.

Total so far = $7253 (from 232 donors)

A huge thanks to everyone involved in the creation and maintenance of this effort, and of course to the awesome Farkers who donated! Let's keep it up!

Just got off the phone with Brian Antal, the President of the Mahoning District Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. He's having a real interesting week- he's a volunteer and this firestorm landed in his lap.

He gave me permission to pass this note along:


"Thank you to all that are supporting the hard work of our Volunteers and helping the 100,000 individuals we serve annually. The donations, kind words and support are all very much welcome and appreciated.

Brian J. Antal President- St. Vincent de Paul Society Mahoning County"

Keep it up, Farkers! We're doing great stuff.

Phins: Ace25: Question, on the donation page it states something to the effect of "They will request that the money is donated to this particular soup kitchen". What happens if the charity decides not to give the money where the people that donate what it to go? Is there any way to contact the charity and get some type of response from them agreeing that they will donate all the money to this particular soup kitchen, or do the farkers not really care if it goes to this particular one? It is a great cause, just looking for a little more clarification.

Legally, if you specify that your donation is for a specific purpose or program, the recipient must use it for that purpose or program.

A link to the donation page has been added to the story on Salon about the soup kitchen problems.

Uhm, holy shiat did you see that it linked to the campaign site on that story?

Look at the bottom.

vodka: You can teach a man to fish or you can give the man a fish. Which are you doing?

I'm not rich enough to be a Job Creator so this is what I can do. Maybe Ryan should have gotten some people jobs instead of washing a clean pot. He's one of the God-anointed, right?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: It's about feeding hungry folks... so why this particular kitchen, and why immediately after the Paul Ryan photo-op? Were there no hungry people before that story broke? Are there no hungry people you could make a bigger impact on locally? I guess I'm way off base in thinking this is an opportunistic "eff you" to the evil GOP.

Because we're snarking on Ryan, and you're being butthurt. Go be disingenuous somewhere else.

I've updated the IndieGoGo campaign with the Society's donation link and some other ways for people to contribute outside the IGG campaign.

Updated Donation Site

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Cyclometh: Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: alienated: Cyclometh: "No Politics. Just Soup."

Hmmm. Have you thought of contacting a major soup company to get on board with this ? Just a thought.
Lets fund all the soup kitchens

How is funding all the soup kicthens going to make the GOP vice presidential candidate look like a jackass? Let's keep our real goal in mind, please.

That's not the goal here and I believe you know it. The politics tab is over there. ---->

Why choose this soup kitchen, then, over the dozens that are more in need?

This is the soup kitchen that Paul Ryan did his photo-op in and it's losing some of its donations as a result. This is a privately funded, non-partisan, apolitical organization.

If you RTA you'll see you have other options if you don't want to donate to this soup kitchen. Amongst those are donating instead to a soup kitchen, food bank, homeless shelter or other worthy charities in your area.

Cyclometh: Current T-shirt concept:

White cotton tee.

On front left breast:

"No Politics. Just Soup."

On back, centered across shoulders:

"Hunger doesn't care how you vote."
"http://svdpusa.org"


"No Politics. Just Soup." + your logo

Thank you for getting this going and to everybody else that made it happen.
sleep well.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: It's a shame that it took your hatred of a vp candidate to do this, but yay for the shelter.

A VP candidate whose advisers were told to not go there, went there anyway, bullied his way in, and upon finding nothing to look good doing, washed a clean pot for a photo op? That VP candidate?

I thought about this, and I'm incensed that a charity has been threatened.

/Contributed on indegogo. I can live without the tax deduction. Just as long as some hungry people eat

I tossed in $5 as well. I'm broke as hell, but I think the people going to this kitchen need the money more than I do.

I'm in for 20 bucks.

alienated: it is not about politics

I won't rant, but this is precisely because of politics. We would not be doing this unless some jackass decided to make it about politics.

I'll leave it at that, but I think it's silly to say this is simply about charity.

Closing in on $8K. That's in one day.

KrispyKritter: PallMall: Well, I suppose they thought it was a better cause than #GiveJoeTheBird.

I damn sure did. The White House takes all gifts, donations and tax money they receive / collect and throws them in the fireplace. Donations to a soup kitchen are feeding real Americans. Screw Joe. I'll gladly flip him the bird, that's all he gets from me. Don't mean to be grumpy, I just hate scumbag politicians.

(Full Disclosure: I'm involved with GJTB as well as coordinating this one)

To be fair, Give Joe The Bird is not going to donate or give a Trans Am to the VP. That's the joke; the funds will be used to buy one and take it to DC and try to get a photo op with the VP. Since it'll be after the election it has a fair shot of happening, I think. Then the car is to be auctioned and the proceeds sent to four charities- Doctors Without Borders, The Wounded Warrior Project, GLAAD, and the Biden Breast Health Initiative. The joke is that we're buying VP Biden a Trans Am, but it's really about the charity.

If you have more questions about it I'd urge you to ask them over on the current GJTB thread here.

Maybe Fark should establish a charity like Penny Arcade did with Child's Play.

Keizer_Ghidorah: So, is it solely for the hungry people in need, or for a feel-good moment with Paul Ryan?

/hope there's no legitimate raping happening in the kitchen

I realize that it could be taken that way, but our goal starting this was simply to make sure that people who depend on this soup kitchen don't suffer because of partisan politics.

semiotix: I'll give them $20. But I prefer to do it through the direct link to the charity itself, which our Farker organizers are quick to mention is an option. (Gotta get that tax receipt, after all. Thanks for showing me how it's done, Mitt!)

Ah, blue-staters and libruls picking up the slack for the Political Party of Peace™. In other words, business as usual.

/hee hee! [maximum_trolling.jpg]
//no, but seriously, that's more or less exactly what's happening
///yet again

Correct, you can donate directly to the Society of Saint Vincent dePaul at their website. There is also a PayPal email that the individual chapter has set up. However, when I created the IndieGoGo campaign the only way to donate was to the national charity or send a check by mail to a PO Box in Ohio.

Since I knew that a lot of people who would otherwise donate had never even seen a checkbook as a lot of younger people don't even use them (I'm 42 and write 2 or 3 a year), and that it would leverage IGG's sharing and tallying functionality, and that it was a way of specifically thumbing our nose at the people who wanted to make feeding hungry people a political issue, it was a good idea, I think.

I'm really pleased and frankly amazed at how fast it's taken off. With 44 days left, who knows what it will get to?

Way to go! I am really liking this new FarkUs thing. Give Joe the bird has been tons of fun, and this fundraiser is awesome. I also found a new author up there. It's starting to feel even more like a community than it did before. Kudos to Drew and everyone involved in all these projects!

I'll give them $20. But I prefer to do it through the direct link to the charity itself, which our Farker organizers are quick to mention is an option. (Gotta get that tax receipt, after all. Thanks for showing me how it's done, Mitt!)

Ah, blue-staters and libruls picking up the slack for the Political Party of Peace™. In other words, business as usual.

/hee hee! [maximum_trolling.jpg]
//no, but seriously, that's more or less exactly what's happening
///yet again

Soup and vets. Just leave it at that and contribute. Feel better.

kazikian: Now that THIS soup kitchen has all the publicity it needs, how about helping your LOCAL soup kitchen instead?

BINGO

kazikian: Now that THIS soup kitchen has all the publicity it needs, how about helping your LOCAL soup kitchen instead?

More than one person who has donated to help this one has also stated they already do so or that this has inspired them to. Thanks for your support!

You know what I do when I want some soup? I get a job!

Cyclometh: All right, let's try to keep this positive, eh? I'm going to be talking to the media on Monday and it would be nice if the questions weren't all about Fark but rather about the campaign.

But it would be BETTER if it was about BOTH.