On_the_Money

On the Money “On the Money”, an article written by Allison Hope Weiner, is a brief article written as an effort to help explain the controversy surrounding the celebrity telethon that was held almost three months ago. The telethon, America: A Tribute to Heroes, ended up receiving donations totaling an estimated one hundred and fifty million dollars all put into a fund overseen by the United Way, called the September 11th Fund. This fund has received over three hundred and forty million dollars all from donators. The controversy of the telethon arises with the distribution of the money. During the telethon, celebrities were stating that all of the money donated would go directly to the victims of September 11 and their families. Even though the charity supporting the event, the United Way, relinquished their administrative costs, the other organizations that were awarded donated money did use some of the donations to pay for their operating costs. The other controversial issue that is explained in this article is length of time taken to deliver the donated money to the victims of the national tragedy. The article explains that it takes time for charities to give money to disaster victims. money, on, victims, celebrities, telethon, article, september, fund, people, help, donated, because, public, one, involved, during, directly, 11, way, tragedy, image, hundred, go, give, donations, donate, dollars, costs, controversy, controversial, celebrity, written, very, using, united, time, three, though, put, power, much, million, just, issue, interesting, instead, helping, fact, even, charities, cannot