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Old 08-04-2005, 11:39   #1
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Charitable Lawyer

The United Way realized that it had never received
a donation from the city's most successful lawyer. So
a United Way volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his
lavish office.

The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, "Our
research shows that even though your annual income is
over two million dollars, you don't give a penny to
charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back to
your community through the United Way?"

The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, "First,
did your research show you that my mother is dying
after a long, painful illness and she has huge medical
bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?"

Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, "Uh...
no, I didn't know that."

"Secondly," says the lawyer, "my brother, a
disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a
wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six
children."

The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an
apology, but is cut off again.

"Thirdly, did your research also show you my
sister's husband died in a dreadful car accident,
leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three
children one of whom is disabled and another has
learning disabilities requiring an array of private
tutors?"

The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten,
says, "I'm sorry, I had no idea"

And the lawyer says, If I didn't give money to
them, what makes you think I would give it to you?
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Old 08-04-2005, 11:45   #2
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Old 08-04-2005, 11:49   #3
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Old 08-04-2005, 12:15   #4
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Old 08-04-2005, 16:20   #5
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I've been in the profession of higher education fund raising for more than 22 years, and this was my first lesson; not my best, but my first. Ask me about a prick named Reardon sometime.
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