Address Labels for Charity - Just How Many Address Labels Can You Use??

It doesn't take much, send in a small contribution to a charity and the address labels start coming. I think all of these charities communicate with each other because one time, I sent a small gift to a charity and address labels soon came. Not only that, more address labels from other charities started coming in as if they send them to me, I'll send a check in return. It's almost as if my charity contribution is buying address labels. It's as if my charity contribution is an advertisment that I need more address labels from other potential money seekers.

We once donated a little bit to an Indian school and since then, not only do we get address labels, we get wrapping paper, cd's where the school children are singing, we got gift tags, pictures of the kids, "letters" from the kids. It's all a bit too much. We can't pay them enough to leave us alone now. It's a vicious cycle. It's a waste. If I wanted to buy this stuff, I would. I don't need to hear from the organization 100 times a week in my mailbox. Ok, maybe 100 is a stretch but, trust me, not by much. I get as much junk from these charities as I do credit card offers every week. It's a lot. I felt so bad for my mail carrier that I bumped up her Christmas gift card amount this year.

Often, my kids were playing with these labels but that had to be limited because, really, their dresser doesn't look very attractive with all those sticky address labels. I guess if we ever lose the dresser, somebody will be able to drop it in a mailbox and it will get back to us. Maybe it's worth a test just for kicks. I mean, my poor mail carrier almost can't be inundated much more by the mere fact that she is unfortunate to have us on her route delivering all these things anyway.