- en ty calls GIVING DURING the Christmas season comes easily for most, but the Better Business Bureau warns people to give carefully when charity calls. “There are 57,000 licensed charities in Canada," said Better Business Bureau executive vice- president John Glaab. “Fund raising has become a very rzai problem for many charitable organizations and they are falling prey to promoters.’’ Glaab said two recent separate telemarketing soliciting cam- paigns targeting the North Shore and originating from the same Vancouver-based promoter, B & C List Lid., were not as publicly accountable as they could have been. “The annoying thing is that we have no real idea where the money is going or how much the promoter Is taking,’ he said. Glaab said telemarketing bids | for a Christmas carol book, sponsored by the Best Ever Training Centre, and a_ heart pacemaker campaign, sponsored by the Vancouver Children for Peace Society, alluded to benefit- ting such charities such as Variety: Club and B.C. Chiidren'’s Hospi- tal — charities that have not of- ficially sanctioned the fund-rais- ing efforts. . Said Michael Condy, develop- ment . coordinator. for: B.C. Children’ s Hospital: ‘*We don’t endorse - telephone solicitation. We feel. there. are too. many , possibilities for. invasion of © privacy. I think what they’ re do- -ing.is being very clever by ‘men-.. tioning ‘children’s hospital’”. Coady said the hospital hasn’t received carol books and doesn’t . “need. them, ‘‘At Christmas time, we try to ‘send everybody home.”” He. said: the hespital doesn’t have™ a: pacemaker, but’ it did: ‘mention .the ‘need for one on a. “wish' list given tothe Vanconver - j Children‘ for Peace: Society, when™: Branch, ‘at: ‘1-800-267-2384.. for § the ‘organization approached the ~ hospital earlier this year. But Variety Club Tent 47 did receive books." “We were: delighted to get. the ‘books, but we. were . ‘concerned. : ‘that our namie Was being used :to solicit’ :-money;””: said” Muriel © ‘Honey, ‘Variety Club’ special: events coordinator, - ”. Aecording to Heney,.tbe hun- - dreds of carol books sent. to the Variety Club earlier this month | deductible. the Variety Ciub,’’ Hyman said. “All monies went into the Best Ever account. They will get a basic 80 per cent and we get 20 per cent, but all of the pledges haven’t come in yet.’” Hyman suid the Vancouver Children for Peace Society will make the decision where the pacemakers eventually are con- tributed. “The pacemakers don't neces- sarily go to the Children’s Hospi- tal,”’ he said. = According to froney, a Lions Club associate was recently solicited on two separate occa- sions by the same person repre- seating the heart pacemaker campaign and the Christmas carol book. ‘© With the caro! books he was | told $12 would send some books to hospitals and senior homes and $50 would get a tax donation receipt,’’ she said. While not a charity; Best Ever Training Centre is soliciting fun- ding to train gymnasts. When people are solicited for funds the Better Busincss Bureau suggests they should: © “not. give cash; write.a' cheque out'to the charity and not to in- dividuals. * act on suspicions, check with , the: ‘charity claimed to be repre- sented. e phone and ask. questions if you can’t get: ‘answers ‘to. reasonable. questions at the point of solicita- tion. * check if the. ‘donation is tax e bie. Phone Revenue ‘Canada. Charitable . Donations ‘confirmation of a tax Fegistration number. The -11-digit number is necessary ‘to: ‘legitimately deduct = donations ; for. income tax pur- poses. /@ ask if the charity i is licensed. Joperates a philanthropic advisory : “service offeriig’ specific Informa- 4 ‘tion to the public on hundreds of listed charities... : _ Standards: are defined, on. the basis ‘of public : accountability, “bear the name of the B.C. Recre-' how funds are used, fund-raising ‘ation and Parks Association and! practices, - ‘include full page ads from Pepsi,’ Dairyland Foods.and the B.C. - Lions Club. “They call it-a book, but it’s ‘really not a book,” she said. “It’s just newsprint with a four- color c -er. It’s definitely not’ a hymnal,” Glaab said the ‘caro! books, sponsored this. year by the Best Ever Training Centre, were spon- sored last year by the B.C: Rec- | reation and Parks Association. “The promoter, B & C List Ltd... was making too much money on it and the city of Van- couver ordered the promoter to stop soliciting fortheassociation,” Glaab said. But B & C List Ltd. manager Jack Hyman said the carol book calls to the North Shore ended a week ago. -“The book is out in’ all the hospitals. The carol book is sponsored by the Best Ever Training Centre and the books were delivered to where the peo- ple buying them wanted them sent like hospitals, care facilities, structure. ° “The more. enlightened chari- ties give us their financial breakdown,’’ Glaab said. “In the city of Vancouver we say it’s reasonable for 80 per cent to go to charity and 20 per cent to the promoter,”’ he said. Hyman said B & C Lists has a sublisher’s licence and a fund- raising licence for the city of Vancouver. Bul. said Vancouver . deputy chief licence inspector Ken Arm- strong: ‘‘He has a business licence as a professional fund raiser, but he has to send the charitable organization in to us for a licence to solicit for chari- ties in Vancouver. They (Van- couver Children for Peace Socie- ty and Best Ever Training Centre) don’t have them. That’s why they’re calling the North Shore.”’ The licence inspector must receive a copy of the contract’ be- tween the charity and the profes- sional fund raiser in order for the charity to .receive a licence in Vancouver. i ' 3 - Friday, December 25, 1987 - Narth Shore News and” organizational ; NEWS photo Mike Wakefletd PARAMEDICS BASED on the North Shore Rave contributed to make the community among the safest in North America for individuals facing cardiac crisis. Left to right, paramedics Fred Seigers, John Richmond, North Vancouver Provincial Ambulance Service unit chief Tim Jones and LGH Dr. Bruce Long display some of the technology backing the trained team. NM. Shore paramedic corps one of the best IF YOU have a heart attack, the North Shore is one of the best places in North America to have it thanks to a paramedic support and hospital services system that works when it comes to the critical crunch. “The number of (successfully By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter treated cardiac) arrests has in- creased over the past year,’’ said North Vancouver Provincial Am- bulance Service unit chief Tim received a call to aid a man col- Jones. ‘‘We will have an advanced fapsed in cardiac arrest at the North Vancouver provincial courthouse. “CPR (cardio pulmonary life support paramedic car-on the resuscitation) had been applied scene quickly after the first am- bulance is on scene anywhere on immediately by sheriff's depart- the North Shore.”’ A paramedic team recently INDEX Classified Ads... .32 Doug Collins.... Editorial Page... Entertainment.....14 Home & Garden... 21 Horoscopes.......16 Bob Hunter..... Lifestyles........ 13 Mailbox ......... 7 TV Listings.......31 What's Going On. .25 Weather: Friday and Saturday, mainly cloudy with showers. ment personnel. When we arrived we put the monitor on and got pulses in five to 10 minutes,’ said attending paramedic Fred Seigers. “Without CPR immediately, the outcome could have been very grave.” Two weeks later the crew responded to another cardiac ar- rest, this time involving a 62- year-old man. The victim's wife had started the CPR process im- mediately and the paramedic crew See CPR Page 5 FRONT PAGE PHOTO Kiss me not! THE SPIRIT of the mis- tletoe hasn’t quite reached five-year-old Ryan Smiley. Ryan and his friend Alana Hadley were caught recently playing under the Christmas tree. Merry Christmas! Pheto by Neil Lucente