NBC10.com - ConsumerAlert - Do Donations Made To Bins Really Go To Charity?

NBC10.com - ConsumerAlert - Do Donations Made To Bins Really Go To Charity?: "Donation bins seem to be popping up everywhere, from parking lots to gas stations and supermarkets.

But where are your donations really going? They may not always benefit the poor and needy. Someone could be making a handsome profit from your good intentions.

When Vera Priolo, of Cherry Hill, N.J., drops off boxes of clothes, books and gadgets at the Goodwill, she knows exactly who benefits -- a job training program for the disabled and disadvantaged.

'I feel good because it employs other people and gives them an opportunity to develop a skill,' Priolo said.



With Goodwill, 100 percent of your donation goes to the cause. That isn't always the case with donation bins for other charities you see in local parking lots."