SC - Iron Chef advice

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/2/00 12:55:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
BalthazarBlack at aol.com writes:

<< Toys for Tots??  Ridiculous to the extreme??>>

In the context of the SCA....yes. A far better 'charity' function would be 
one aimed at collecting funds for leper colonies which still exist. Other 
period 'charities' included hospitals, feeding and clothing the poor, 
donations to convents and shools/universities and donations to libraries. 
Children do very well with sticks, stones and mudpies.

  <<Come on, Ras... we are a  service oriented society, are we not?  >>

Service to the Society, yes. We are a nonprofit educational organization. I 
am unaware of any mention of service to the community at large outside the 
context of education as being one of the SCA official missions according to 
it's corporate documents.



Ras
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