CORRECT
IT IS OCTOBER WHICH MEANS IT
IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
MANY BUSINESSES AND CHARITIES
ARE DONNING PINK RIBBON TO SHOW
SUPPORT.
JUST BECAUSE A PINK RIBBON IS ON
THE PRODUCT DOESN'T MEAN ANY
MONEY IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
HERE TO TELL US HOW TO TELL A
REAL SUPPORTER FROM A PRODUCT.
SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
WEREN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THE
CHARITIES WERE --
THIS IS REALLY -- IT IS
REALLY SAD BECAUSE NOT THAT A
SCAM IS EVER GOOD.
BUT YOU KNOW THE PINK RIBBONS
THAT WE SEE AROUND, AND THE
GREAT CAUSE, BUT THE PINK RIBBON
IS NOT COPYRIGHTED OR TRADE
RIGHTED.
YOU AND I CAN GO TO THE STORE
AND SLAP IT ON AND SAY WE'RE
SELLING THIS FOR BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS WITH NO INTENTION OF
THAT MONEY GOING TO THE ACTUAL
CAUSE.
IN ESSENCE HOW THE SCAM WORKS,
PEOPLE ARE IMSTATING THE
CLARITIES AND GOOD NONPROFITS
THAT DO GOOD WORK AND THIS IS A
WAY TO PAWN IT OFF AS COLLECTING
YOUR MONEY.
SO UNFORTUNATELY IT IS SOMETHING
WE SEE -- A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
FCC AND BBB IN CONNECTION WITH
EACH OTHER BUSTED FOUR FAKE
CHARITYS THAT IN ESSENCE
EMBEZZLED $200 MILLION FROM
PEOPLE SIMPLY BY SAYING THEY
WERE DOING WORK FOR BREAST
CANCER RESEARCH AND AWARENESS IN
FACT THEY WERE DOING NONE OF
THAT.
SO IT IS VERY REAL.
WE'RE IN A MONTH WHERE EVERYBODY
IS KIND OF LOCKED IN ON ONE KEY
ISSUE, IT IS A VERY REAL-TIME
AND REAL POSSIBILITY FOR BAD
FOLKS TO GET AWAY WITH IT.
THEY'RE THE WORSE ONES, I
THINK THE EMOTION.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PLAYING
ON, IF I CALL YOU OR APPROACH
YOU, AND SAY I'M COLLECTING
MONEY FOR THE BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS, WHATEVER, THAT
EMOTIONALLY YOU WILL BE
CONNECTED BECAUSE I -- YOU OR
ANYBODY ELSE KNOW SOMEBODY OR
HAS DEALT WITH IT PERSONALLY,
YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT
IDEA, WHEN IN REALITY, THEY JUST
GO AND PUT IT IN THEIR POCKET
AND WALK AWAY.
SO IT IS TOUGH.
IT IS TOUGH BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
DONATE AND YOU WANT TO FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE DOING A GOOD THING OF IT
DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THAT WAY.
A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE REALLY
RECOMMENDING PEOPLE TO DO IS
NUMBER ONE ASK A QUESTION AND
SOME RESEARCH.
IF THE BUSINESSES ARE GIVING
MONEY TO THE LOCAL NONPROFIT.
HEY, WHICH ONE, HOW MUCH?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THAT
MONEY AWAY.
IT IS OKAY TO ASK THE QUESTIONS,
IT IS YOUR MONEY, IT IS OKAY TO
ASK THESE QUESTIONS.
NUMBER TWO, GET WITH YOUR HEART
AND YOUR HEAD.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO
BUY A PRODUCT JUST BECAUSE IT
MIGHT BE GOING TO A GOOD CAUSE.
IMPULSE BUY.
IMPULSE BUY, RIGHT?
INSTEAD JUST DONATE DIRECTLY.
DONATE DIRECTLY TO THE CAUSE YOU
KNOW YOUR MONEY IS GOING TO GO
THERE AND YOU MAY NOT BUY A
PRODUCT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY
NEED.
AND ALSO WATCH OUT FOR COPY
CATS.
ALL IT TAKES IS A WORD CHANGE
AND YOU CAN CHANGE THE
FOUNDATION, YOU CAN CHANGE ANY
KIND OF WORD OF A TITLE.
IT CAN GO FROM THE BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS FOUNDATION TO BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS FOUNDATION OF
EAST TEXAS, YOU WON'T KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO A
LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK.
THERE ARE TWO WEBSITES TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO.
NUMBER ONE IS OURS, BBB.ORG.
ANOTHER WEBSITE IS CALLED
GIVE.ORG.
IT IS THE NATIONAL DATABASE FOR
ACCREDITED CHARITIES WITH BBB.
GO THERE AND READ ABOUT THE
CHARITIES AND HOW MUCH THEY
SPEND ON THEIR RESEARCH, HOW
MUCH DO THEY SPEND ON THEIR
SERVICES AND PRODUCTS ET CETERA
AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND THEM AS
OPPOSED TO JUST GIVING MONEY AND
HOPING IT GOES TO THE RIGHT
PLACE.
AND THAT'S FOR ALL CHARITIES.
NOT JUST THIS OCTOBER BUT FOR
ALL CHARITIES.
I WAS GOING TO SAY IT IS THE
SEASON OF GIVING WE'RE KIND OF
ENTERING AND THOSE ARE GREAT
RESOURCES.
YEAH.
JUST DO A LITTLE BIT OF
HOMEWORK.
COMMON SENSE GOES A LONG WAY
HERE.
IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT IT SEEMS
KIND OF SKETCHY.
IT PROBABLY IS.
THANK YOU, FOR STOPPING BY.
COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.
TYLER'S NEW WORK OUT PLAN.