I wrote last month about my campaign to raise $1,000 (or more) to get “bailed out” as part of the Burnaby RCMP’s Jail and Bail event on May 3.
And so far, I’m pretty disappointed in how much money has been raised for Cops for Cancer.
Despite several thousand people reading the column online, only $350 has been donated through my donation page. A long list of people retweeted or liked my tweet of the column, but few of those people donated.
That sucks.
I’m frankly a little stunned that so many people read the article and didn’t donate.
Or perhaps I’m just naïve about the challenges of raising money in a world where so many worthy causes need people’s support.
I have had some really good feedback on the column, except for the dude from Nova Scotia who called me “stupid” for including the phrase “fake news” as what I was being “charged” with for the Jail and Bail event.
That term has been used to dangerous effect, which is why I and many other journalists are trying to reclaim it in a mocking way.
This particular reader didn’t see the humour in it and decided to email me with many insulting things, including saying that I was “just hustling money” – a strange thing to say about somebody raising money to fight cancer. I wouldn’t have minded if this dude made a donation, but he didn’t.
I’m OK with readers taking shots at me if they throw a little money towards a worthy cause. I’ll take some hits for the team.
Just donate. Please. I don’t mind begging.
Just click on this sentence to go to my donation page and pledge some cash.
