txchipk said:budman1 said:i see absolutely nothing wrong with the Russ Martin Foundation. they need a little bit of publicity to keep the cash coming in since Russ will be without an income soonThe foundation get's very little press here in DFW.
Police and Firemen go out every day knowing that they may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice, and they do it for low wages. An officers wife and children still need to eat and the rent needs to be paid after tragedies like this occur; the Foundation is performing a valuable service in giving them money immediately when they are consumed with more important problems.
This is a charity I contribute to. You should consider it.
--bud
No one is questioning assisting fallen officer families. My pet peeve is people who name charities after themselves ... whether some Hollywood celeb or famous rich person or former local DJ. It's not about the charity work since there are existing groups already doing this; it is about them because they want the publicity (or else their charity wouldn't have their name on it). There are dozens of funds across this country dedicated to fallen officers, fallen military, etc. that do a fine job. I'm sure an on-air personality who was passionate about this noble cause could get listeners to give to one of them without setting up another charity (and associated administrative costs).
This week, KTCK was asking listeners to give to the Red Cross for the Haiti earthquake. They didn't create a Ticket Listener foundation for that. Various DJs on other stations could be heard asking people to do the same. None of them set up foundations named after themselves in the process.
