Talk:Christian Children's Fund
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Any details on the domestic chapter of CCF?
I know the CCF Domestic HQ was in Oklahoma (near Tahlequah) in the late 70s and early 80s, run by Vern Pickard (or at least he was a steward of the operations).
Actually the CCF HQ is in Richmond, VA, it's now run by the new President Anne Goddard.Soupytrish 02:15, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
I was referring to the (now apparently defunct) domestic chapter, not the global HQ. --Windsor 04:56, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
There has never been a "domestic chapter" in Oklahoma, but there is a service office.
Does CCF still sponsor domestic children? --Windsor 05:55, 8 Dec 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Errors in CCF Content as currently displayed
As Assistant Director for Interactive Communications for CCF, I have been working with my team to monitor our listing on Wikipedia. Soupy is another employee in my department, and we have both been working on this task. That is why there are two accounts associated with our domain.
There are some factual errors and biased implications that are of concern to us:
1 - "In 2005, CCF reported $20.6 million in advertising expenses & 13.7 million in management expenses for 13 board members [1]" - This sentence implies that we pay our board. The fact is that our entire board serves on a voluntary, unpaid basis. Furthermore, the footnote does not relate to the sentence. The sentence is correct on the spending for advertising and spending for management expenses. However, it should not relate management expenses to board members. I'd like the sentence to include the fact that all board members are unpaid volunteers.
2 - The contributor to this page selects one out of about five rating organizations to state "CCF does rank considerably lower in efficiency than other charities receiving only 3/5 stars [2]." This is a biased statement that does not reflect ratings from other organizations. The footnote links to a page that does not exist - HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found. We would like our rankings from other organizations including BBB, AIP and Interaction to be included to provide the full picture.
3 - The contributor includes the following information - "Upon pledging support, a donor is provided a packet of information on a specific child who is allegedly receiving food, medical care & education on behalf of the donor." The use of the term "allegedly" is biased and actually factually incorrect. We do indeed provide information on a real child in real programs receiving real benefits.
4 - In a recurring theme, the following statement is included and footnoted to an article that has no relevance to the statement - "CCF claims that they do in fact associate a specific child with a specific donor, but in practice this level of service is difficult and costly to implement [3]"
5 - How does the following statement use a footnote reference to a Human Rights Watch article on Child Soldiers in Uganda? "While CCF's fundraising advertising attempts to address this by only showing the single mother case, this is contrary to the demographics of developing countries where mothers have an average of 3.7 children (2003) [4]." The HRW report has no reference to demographics of developing countries.
6 - Instead of referring to an anonymous "spokesperson for the group" we would like the person's name to be included. The "spokesperson for the group" was our former Communications Director, Toni Radler.
We would also like to add a section on Accountability to inform on our validation tools and standardized reporting mechanisms.
There is clearly strong bias against CCF in the current content. We are simply requesting that the items above be reviewed and that we then be allowed to make appropriate changes. The fact that several statements are not even related to the footnote links is a problem. If a statement is made with the appearance of being a fact, provide the reference.
I hope these items will be reviewed and we have the opportunity to contribute our information as well.
Bill Cavender —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ccfcommunications (talk • contribs) 14:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC).
- Our official policy is: Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages. No need to wait for a review if it's wrong. Anyway, I've deleted the suspect material with unrelated "references". Clarityfiend 22:49, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
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