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QVC - Calif Fire - No Aid Banner?

ms traditional — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:52:12 GMT

we are a week into devastation of the Northern and Southern California fires - and yet i have not seen a QVC banner directing donations to Red Cross or whatever. hundreds of thousands were displaced in So Cal alone. people were stripped of everything up in Paradise area. not everyone here is a movie star living in Malibu.

i guess i am just surprised at apparent lack of concern when it is always so quick to appear for hurricanes, etc in the East.

or maybe i have missed it?

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puttypiesmom — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:55:31 GMT

You make a valid point and not only that but many are probably q customers with auto deliveries and what a nightmare that's going to be! Undeliverable packages and they'll be getting billed until it gets straightened out.

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AnjalenaQVC — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:01:07 GMT

Hi @ms traditional thank you for your feedback. We are saddened by the fires in California and you have offered a great suggestion to help the people who have been affected by this tragedy. I will forward your message in the hope that we will add a banner to our website as soon as possible.

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ms traditional — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:08:16 GMT

@AnjalenaQVC wrote:
Hi @ms traditional thank you for your feedback. We are saddened by the fires in California and you have offered a great suggestion to help the people who have been affected by this tragedy. I will forward your message in the hope that we will add a banner to our website as soon as possible.

that's great @AnjalenaQVC. thanks for your concern.

there are a lot of people who need help now - and will need it in the future. having the Q shine the light on that could help!

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jackthebear — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:28:39 GMT

not QVC's responsibility to tell viewers where to direct their charity

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hopi — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:34:01 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
not QVC's responsibility to tell viewers where to direct their charity

............and I don't want them to

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jubilant — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:37:26 GMT

I'm praying for all those affected. Just to let you know, I had an email this morning from Samaritan Purse. They are asking for prayers and donations. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. California is really going through some tuff times these days.

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ms traditional — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:56:00 GMT

@jubilant wrote:
I'm praying for all those affected. Just to let you know, I had an email this morning from Samaritan Purse. They are asking for prayers and donations. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. California is really going through some tuff times these days.

that's great, @jubilant. i don't think we can ever do enough to help one another out - with publicity, public awareness, prayers, donations, volunteerism.

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haddon9 — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:05:56 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
not QVC's responsibility to tell viewers where to direct their charity

@jackthebear . No it's not but then they shouldn't have a banner for hurricane victims. What's the difference?

Either don't do it at all or do it for all major disasters in our country!

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jackthebear — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:08:47 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
@jackthebear wrote:
not QVC's responsibility to tell viewers where to direct their charity
@jackthebear . No it's not but then they shouldn't have a banner for hurricane victims. What's the difference?

Either don't do it at all or do it for all major disasters in our country!

yes

which leads to the OPs post,

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Oznell — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:25:09 GMT

It's great to see concern from all comers. Thanks to @AnjalenaQVC for courteous response to request. As was mentioned in another thread, some like James Woods have really stepped up, for days virtually turning over his Twitter account to people suffering from dislocation, trying to find loved ones and pets, and all manner of aid and comfort. Ongoing prayers for all affected.

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ms traditional — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:42:04 GMT

@Oznell i noticed what James W did and found it quite admirable - and helpful.

sadly i see we now have new fires - the Sierra fire, burning out in the Inland Empire near San Bernadino. and, yesterday, Magalia, up north next to Paradise, was overtaken by fire.

tough times.

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FrostyBabe1 — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:47:39 GMT

@hopi wrote:
@jackthebear wrote:
not QVC's responsibility to tell viewers where to direct their charity

............and I don't want them to

Nor do I. I'm perfectly capable of making those decisions without a third party middle man. Yes, I know they've done it in the past, but I don't think they should do it at all.

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Deanie — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:19:46 GMT

So, between the pet stores having the clerks beg for donations, to the supermarkets every time visited begging for another cause, and the fashion companies like E Fisher "donating and please purchase my clothing I give % to ....." and the companies having the groups outside their facilities requesting money as you walk in, and the various and sundry calls daily from charities that seek money. Whew. Now, there are advocates for more on a blog website. Whew. 'Tis the season to be jolly. Or broke. I have empathy fatigue.

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dex — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:39:18 GMT

So many needing help in this country.It just doesn’t seem to slow down.I don’t know where all of the money is going to come from..We get calls for donations all of the time.There are always people in front of stores collecting regularly.It is really scary to think about it all.I wonder what will happen to all of the charities who need donations for cancer patients,research,abused women and many more....

I pray qvc will run a banner asking for help in California and that the fires will end before there are more deaths and people without homes.I wish that money was the answer but there is more tragic loss than money can make up for.So sad for the beautiful state of California and for all of the losses.

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ms traditional — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:46:12 GMT

@dex good to read your concern.

organizations need more than $ - Red Cross put out a call for volunteers to help at the many evacuation shelters in my area; our local state assembly person put out a call for phone chargers/diapers/toiletries to go to people temporarily evacuated. they had to leave quickly. little things mean a lot when you are out of your home longer than you think.

it's not all about $ for this disaster or any other. people find different ways to help as they can. otherwise these things are just headlines, not opportunities to be human, to reach out and help.

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PamfromCT — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:53:57 GMT

Like most of us here, as I imagine, I am not a person of great wealth. I do pick and chose which charities to give to. However, I am not upset when a clerk in a store asks if I want to make a small donation to a charity. I am happy to give a donation to the Salvation Army standing outside stores. They do amazing work. Yes, there is great need everywhere, and a few dollars from many people add up.

Our fellow Americans in California are enduring great suffering and an uncertain future. Yes, we have donated to hurricane victims. Yes, we have donated to fire victims. People have busy lives and sometimes need a reminder. What is wrong with that?

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ms traditional — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:08:04 GMT

this note was posted on an evacuated house.

kids know what is going on - and are afraid.

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hopi — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:12:46 GMT

@ms traditional

There are children everywhere with no water, starving with catastrophic illnesses everyday. This is a shopping channel.

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proudlyfromNJ — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:22:35 GMT

Sandra Bullock has donated a hundred thousand towards help for all the animals.