Re:Parachuting for Charity: A 5-year audit (1999)
by dwild on Thursday January 16, 2020 @04:29PM
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> Surly those must struggle to break even? Wouldn't a higher fee, and, more importantly, nearly-zero costs be exactly what you want for a charity run?
The one for 35$ wasn't the charity run, that was the commercial one. The charity one was 85$, thus even if they just paid the commercial one 35$ per runner, they would still comes out with 50$ per runner given, yet if his story is true, they gave 0$ per runner.
Re:Parachuting for Charity: A 5-year audit (1999)
by conjectures on Friday January 17, 2020 @03:51AM
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To put a lower bound on how much these things can cost. The Kent Fitness League (UK) runs an old school cross country event. It costs two pounds (2015).
> with awards, traffic control, support, timing and placing for $35
Surly those must struggle to break even? Wouldn't a higher fee, and, more importantly, nearly-zero costs be exactly what you want for a charity run?