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Donations

wintersolstice · 2012-12-08 21:06:05

Saw an article in the paper where you can donate money to St Vincent de Paul by text.Does anyone know how much is donated?

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08-12-2012 10:06pm

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wintersolstice

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Saw an article in the paper where you can donate money to St Vincent de Paul by text.Does anyone know how much is donated?

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#2 09-12-2012 2:30pm
josey_whale

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Donate by Text: Text “SVP” to 57500- Text charged at €2.50 and standard rate message rate, minimum amount of €1.90 goes to SVP

http://svp.ie/appeal-2012/our-appeals.aspx

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#3 09-12-2012 2:35pm
snubbleste

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24% of the donation goes to the facilitator, plus it costs you to send it. That is way too high.
OP you're better off donating via other methods that don't take a cut.

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