Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:23:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: charity and fandom
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

There's no reason why fandom can't have a charitable
or service aspect.  The Heinlein Society does a
blooddrive at most worldcons and at all the Balticons
I've attended.  Dr. Who fanclubs in the NY area always
used to man the phones during PBS fundraising drives
and NY UNIT used to visit the childrens wards at local
hospitals.  A number of the Dr. Who fanclubs and
fanzines also used to have an annual fundraising drive
around Christmas to raise money for charities favored
by Who stars (e.g. Colin Baker had lost a child to
crib death and was an active supporter of several SIDS
charities).

So there's no reason why things couldn't be done.
although I agree that mandatory charitable work would
be a hard sell.  But if we wanted to, I bet WSFA could
easily work some sort of annual intraclub book and
tschotschke sale with the money raised going to a
designated charity.

--Cathy

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