LETTERS: Be sure of your donations

Do some reading on corporation’s before you donate your items or money to charities.

Nov. 10, 2015 10:00 a.m.
Opinion

Do some reading on corporation’s before you donate your items or money to charities.

Possibly, you need to find another charity to donate to.

Charity or donations to a full-profit corporation? You be the judge.

Ted Wiltse

Penticton

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