Monday, May 29, 2006

Red Shield Appeal

I spent the weekend collecting money for The Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal. I learned a few interesting things from it.
  • I'm nowhere near as fit as I should be. In fact I'm somewhere off the scale on the "UNFIT" side...
  • Older people seem to be more willing to give than younger people. Those in more "affluent" houses - manicured lawn, perfect garden beds, two cars and a boat in the driveway for example - are less likely to give money.
  • It doesn't seem to matter if you collect on a Saturday or a Sunday, both days have their advantages and disadvantages - on Saturday a lot of people aren't home because they go out shopping and on Sunday a lot of people aren't home because they are going doing sports or other activities.
  • We can never find enough people to doorknock all of Perth... If only we had more collectors
  • A good pair of shoes or boots are essential to doing doorknocking :-)

In all, I had a great time as usual - my team and I collected just short of $500 which was fantastic. In the media today they Salvos are reporting that they are on target to have $7million in donations by the end of the appeal.

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