@Menachem Shmeil,
“I don�t think you understand how economics, especially Jewish economics, works. If something is free, no one will pay hundreds of dollars for it. ”
Thats false and here is why. If you combine requesting donations with the fact that you have a better fundrasing mechasim since you offer free things, its not going to cost millions. Ask Bokkur cholim if they think they’d raise as much as they raise if they would just provide vending machines vs free food. The sale spitch is the wow how much you give to yenim. Secondly, unlike Bikkur cholim, each time a perosn walks in and gets a filter the rep would ask can you kindly help us defray the cost by paying for it? I think most would say yes. And when its on a person to perosn basis vs just a sign people give.
Maybe you go raise 1 million dollars to pay for people�s filters.
Thats a silly argument. I am not a fundraiser, don’t know how to, don’t have the connections nor the expertise in this like TAG. Furthermore, I am not the one going around to shuls yelling that you need filters. TAG is in that space already.
TAG doesn�t claim to do that, so they don�t have to.
I know what they “claim” they do. But when your rav speaks during shabbos TAG or when there is a broad cmapiagn the image and vibe they give is that they get you filters .
You keep on falling on the same arguments that I refuse to take as a given. The hairsplitting that they only do a “half job” even if they claim that’s all they do is both misleading and disinegnious. It also them being cheapsaktes and small minded. Don’t tell me I should fundraise when i am not in that space. Theyc ollect a few million anyhow whats the big deal to up it another 1-2M. Its not so expensive. At a time when middle class familes stuglle just to buy eggs why must they place more burdens on us?
P.S> another good mashol would be a shul membership. I don’t know too mnay shuls that really don’t give a seat to those that don’t pay. 90% of the ime people feel there is an achryus on their own and pay. the 10% who don’t most are going through hard times. But oy vey the shul nebach has to fundraise for them. it cost money. You understand that this is the way we work.