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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
You know, I met the woman who started the drug CREEAD rehabilitation program here in Mexico. She was my student in San Diego many years ago. Her son
died from drugs and she swore she would dedicate the rest of her life to helping others .... TONY - she was a student at our downtown school
Today an ambulance with lights aflashing was stopped at the checkpt between santa rosalia and san ignacio .... quite shocking to us...but recently in
Ensenada, evryone moved over to the right when one came by 
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Blanca,
U2U or email her name to me. Was she a student of both you and me? I would probably remember her.
I sometimes donate to them when they are not too aggressive. A couple of days ago, one Cread solicitor in Mulege tried to hit me up four times while
I was running errands. One of those times he was walking in front of me and set an empty plastic cup on the bumper of my parked truck. It fell off and
into the street. He then saw me getting into the truck and came back and stuck the coin can in my face. I told him to get out of my face and to stop
throwing basura on the street if he wants donations from Gringos. I did NOT give him anything. 
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monoloco
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It's kind of hard to know the motivation as to why someone didn't stop and contribute. I know around here that they have the Cruz Roja collecting
money in several places, usually the first one i come to will receive all my ferria, I might drive by others several times during the day. Just
because someone doesn't stop and contribute at every one every time doesn't make them cheap, it might just mean they have already made a contribution.
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Paulclark
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That is the beauty of the little stickers -- or big ones if you are a little more generous -- it is easy to see who has donated and who hasn't........
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Perhaps the Mexicans you see donating are from that particullar community and they have a vested interest along with a big heart.
It could be that the Gringos you see not contributing have traveled many days and many hundreds of miles and have gotten tired of donating in every
small town they go through? Hmmmm, who knows.
You can\'t fix stupid
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Paulclark
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It is possible -- but -- we were located off the highway and it is fairly easy to recognize travellers vs. locals and discount the rental plates. The
surprise was that the rentals, which would be driven by vacationers and probably not familiar with the Red Cross were as generous as the expats with
local plates or Northern plates.
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805gregg
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I always give something to Cruz Roja, and I always stop for pedestrians, something in Baja that will get you honked at , yelled at and flipped off, I
do it anyway, screw the heathens.
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oladulce
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no estickers
I keep a bag of coins handy and donate a handful to Cruz Roja at any checkpoint. Only once, on our first driving trip down the peninsula 20 yrs ago,
were we offered a windshield sticker. Haven't seen one since and didn't realize it was still practiced.
I can see how looking for windshield stickers would help you gauge the donation patterns of your local donation drive Paulclark and can sense your
frustration because it is such an important organization. But don't loose faith. As others have mentioned, the lack of stickers on gringo windshields
isn't revealing the true giving habits especially of transpeninsular travelers.
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bajafam
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
i donate to homeless, but not firemen who already got lots of tax money), while in mexico it is common for organizations to collect in road.
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Just so you know, goat, when the firemen are in the median outside the grocery store what have you, collecting money, it's called "Fill the Boot" and
99% of the time, the money they collect is for programs that are not government subsidized, such as toys at Christmas for underprivileged children,
other community efforts to benefit children, or for a Children's Charity such as March of Dimes, Leukemia or Diabetes Research. That money does not
line the pockets of any fire employee. It is donated directly to the charity or used to fund the other services. Last year, our firefighters did not
raise the amount they needed for the Christmas Drive, so all of the firefighting families donated out of their own pockets to give the community
children a nice Christmas. So, next time you see a fireman with the boot asking for donations, think about where it's going and give them something!
Every little bit helps
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BajaBlanca
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you know ..instead of donating directly to the homeless, which keeps them ON the streets longer, it makes more sense to me, to donate to organizations
that will help them get back on their own 2 feet. Halthier. Better for them. Better for all of us if they become self-sufficient.
Just my thoughts ...
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jak
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Today I am proud to be a Gringo
We tipped the Pemex pumper.
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