The program itself irks me before we even think about the cause. I don't want to spend more money on a product so the company can give to charity. I'd rather keep my money and give to my own causes.
I won't give to the Susan G. Komen Foundation because it gives to Planned Parenthood. Especially dumb since PP's prime product is abortion and abortion is a risk factor for the breast cancer SGK wants to cure.
But if I used to think the group was just misguided and ignorant, I now think it looks more and more like a racket. It spends your pink dollars not only on abortion, but on suing mom & pop fundraising operations for trademark infringement.
"It happened to my family," said Roxanne Donovan, whose sister runs Kites for a Cure, a family kite-flying event that raises money for lung cancer research. "They came after us ferociously with a big law firm. They said they own 'cure' in a name and we had to stop using it, even though we were raising money for an entirely different cause."It's just not a nice company anymore, yet try to find a product without the pink!
Donovan's sister, Mary Ann Tighe, said the Komen foundation sent her a letter asking her to stop using the phrase "for a cure" in their title and to never use the color pink in conjunction with their fundraising.
