Ty Inc.,
While I understand you might have the best intentions, I recently saw that your company is going to be creating "Cecil the Lion" Beanie Babies, selling them, and giving all of the money to Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of University of Oxford.
This is rather outrageous. We have so many more pressing issues here in the United States that demand higher attention than this.
There are an estimated 50,000 homeless American Veterans sleeping on the streets on any given night. Perhaps you could create some homeless beanie babies, sell them, and contribute all of the profits to all of the American Veterans.
There are over 600,000 homeless people in the USA. This number is appalling. I would hope that in the future, companies such as yours would make better decisions on where to shell out "fundraiser money". If I had the means to, I would certainly get every homeless person off the streets. There are many very large vacant buildings all over the United States that could be used for housing homeless Americans.
I'm not saying they should all get room and board for free. They can earn their keep. The American Veterans have sacrificed enough to earn their stay.
I'm just saying that we should clean up the mess in our own backyard before throwing ourselves at a new one in other countries.
God Bless the United States of America, and especially the Veterans who fought for the freedom we have today. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Everyone who cares