oakie
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I do not have permission to post the following letter, I just found it to be rather "inspiring" considering it hits on a sensitive topic. It would be neat if we could start a movement. My praises go out to Kacie Killen. This was posted to my friends FB page;
Below is my letter I just sent to Pepsi regarding their Pepsi Refresh grant funds. Currently, the Humane Society for the United States (HSUS) is in the lead to be awarded $250,000 to "help" save animals!! Also, in the $50,000 category the leader is titled "$50,000 to stop healthy animals from being fed antibiotics."
Please send an email to Pepsi at this link http://cr.pepsi.com/usen/pepsiusen.cfm?date=20101129 and feel free to copy my letter! Also, don't forget to vote! http://www.refresheverything.com/index/index. Voting ends tomorrow!!! Tell your family and friends!
This is what I sent to the Pepsi Refresh Project...Thanks to Whitney Wankle!
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I am absolutely dismayed that the Humane Society of the United States(HSUS) is even eligible for your Pepsi Refresh funds, let alone your $250,000 grant! The HSUS has a 100-million dollar budget which far exceeds your 25-million dollar limit. Furthermore, the HSUS is a lobbying organization, which would also disqualify them from your Pepsi Refresh program because in the official application guidelines, it strictly states that applications cannot to any degree “challenge, lobby for or seek to change current laws, or enact any new laws.”
Also, in your $50,000 category--the project titled “$50,000 to stop healthy animals from being fed antibiotics.” is in direct correlation to federal legislation that this group is lobbying for in Washington D.C. This would also disqualify them from your program based on the official application guidelines stated above regarding lobbying activities.
Please disqualify these proposals and organizations from receiving any funding from the Pepsi Refresh program. If you do not disqualify them and they are awarded grant funds, you will be robbing worthy communities and organizations of needed funding. These two organizations already have more cash in their budgets than numerous applicants to your program will ever see. If these organizations are awarded your grant funding, many will join in boycotting Pepsi products, just as many have bonded together in boycotting Yellowtail Wines for their contributions to the HSUS.
Thank You.
Sincerely, Kacie Killen
Angela, Montana
Below is my letter I just sent to Pepsi regarding their Pepsi Refresh grant funds. Currently, the Humane Society for the United States (HSUS) is in the lead to be awarded $250,000 to "help" save animals!! Also, in the $50,000 category the leader is titled "$50,000 to stop healthy animals from being fed antibiotics."
Please send an email to Pepsi at this link http://cr.pepsi.com/usen/pepsiusen.cfm?date=20101129 and feel free to copy my letter! Also, don't forget to vote! http://www.refresheverything.com/index/index. Voting ends tomorrow!!! Tell your family and friends!
This is what I sent to the Pepsi Refresh Project...Thanks to Whitney Wankle!
_____________________________
I am absolutely dismayed that the Humane Society of the United States(HSUS) is even eligible for your Pepsi Refresh funds, let alone your $250,000 grant! The HSUS has a 100-million dollar budget which far exceeds your 25-million dollar limit. Furthermore, the HSUS is a lobbying organization, which would also disqualify them from your Pepsi Refresh program because in the official application guidelines, it strictly states that applications cannot to any degree “challenge, lobby for or seek to change current laws, or enact any new laws.”
Also, in your $50,000 category--the project titled “$50,000 to stop healthy animals from being fed antibiotics.” is in direct correlation to federal legislation that this group is lobbying for in Washington D.C. This would also disqualify them from your program based on the official application guidelines stated above regarding lobbying activities.
Please disqualify these proposals and organizations from receiving any funding from the Pepsi Refresh program. If you do not disqualify them and they are awarded grant funds, you will be robbing worthy communities and organizations of needed funding. These two organizations already have more cash in their budgets than numerous applicants to your program will ever see. If these organizations are awarded your grant funding, many will join in boycotting Pepsi products, just as many have bonded together in boycotting Yellowtail Wines for their contributions to the HSUS.
Thank You.
Sincerely, Kacie Killen
Angela, Montana
Thats not only their drinks and chips but places like Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut....and if I remember right they are tied in with dunkin dougnuts too just to name a few! I refuse to adopt through our local humane association, all the do is rack up money and it suppose to feed the animals...hello they get donations out the but...my husband works for a local grocery company's warehouse and when a dog or cat food bag is busted they send it to the local humane society.which i heard is an average 20 bags a day if not more. To adopt a dog here it is 90 dollars!!! I thought about adopting a horse but their rules r soooo stupid like a monthly visit for 2 years. The people there dont know crap about horses one i looked at was supposed to be 12 when i looked at its teeth it was more around 4. So if money is suppose to go to educating people about animals and supportiing the animals they need to do a hell of a better job and quit pocketing it!