Scouting donations bypass United Way (gay) ban

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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/25scouts_a1.html

Scouting donations bypass United Way ban
Earmarked contributions exceed loss of regular grants over anti-gay policy

By GUY KOVNER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

North Coast Boy Scouts are receiving more money through the United Way than they did last year, despite United Way's decision to end funding because of Scouting's ban on homosexuals.

In an ironic twist, Scout supporters in Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties have more than compensated for the lost United Way grants by specifically earmarking their United Way contributions for Scouting.

In the fiscal year 2002-03, United Way of Sonoma-Mendocino-Lake received $41,300 in donor-designated gifts to the Boy Scouts, according to Mike Kasper, chief executive officer of United Way.

Thanks to donor designations, the Boy Scouts are "actually doing better" than they were before the direct funding cutoff, Kasper said.

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1. I have been "earmarking" my funds to Planned Parenthood for 10 years

I never knew if it made a difference, but my county UW does not support PP. To get around that and make a point to Cuyahoga County PP, I earmark as much as I can to the neighboring county's UW that does support PP, and I designate all of it to PP. (It used to be 50% maximum).