Charity donation boxes in Vancouver under the microscope

Vancouver City council is talking about regulating the charity drop boxes which litter the city, just like the litter which is in front of many of them. This is a good thing, because this issue has been in the news for a couple of years and no one has seemingly done much about it.

There was an article criticizing these boxes in the Vancouver Courier two years ago, which produced some nervous responses from local charities that if council regulated or took away these boxes, they would suffer.

A couple of days ago, there was an article in the Province about this issue. And guess what appears in the Metro paper yesterday, a TWO PAGE SPREAD AD FROM VALUE VILLAGE saying how great they are (all of which is attached, along with relevant links to the previous articles).

Value Village, in case you don't get it, is connected with the disposition of many of these articles which are collected by the local charities.

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June 5, 2014 story, The Province

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Donation+disasters+have+City+Vancouver+working+plans+regulate+mess/9904487/story.html

[The above link no longer works.]

Courier article from March 29, 2012

http://www.vancourier.com/news/dumped-donations-soil-vancouver-thrift-store-sidewalk-1.376303

Courier article from September 2, 2011

http://www.vancourier.com/news/donated-books-for-charity-sold-for-profit-online-1.374347

Letter responding to the above Courier article, from September 7, 2011

http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/editorial-and-letters/letters-of-the-week-1.375399

Letter responding to the above Courier article, from September 28, 2011

http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/editorial-and-letters/charity-bins-play-vital-role-for-non-profits-1.382067