'Extreme Makeover' house faces foreclosure

[SteveDallas]

Well yeah but when you make a donation of time or money you expect it to be put to the advertised use. If my employer convinced somebody to make a donation to make a classroom all high-tech and up-to-date, and we ended up spending the money on carpet for a hallway.. well, I guarantee you, no matter how badly that carpet needed replacing, the donor is not going to just shrug and say, "Oh well, at least we got us a tax deduction."

Originally Posted by Aliantha

. . . the volunteers are just that. They're volunteering, probably because they want to help the family in part, and also because it makes them feel good about doing something for someone else.

Precisely why they have a right to be miffed when the family essentially wastes what they've volunteered to provide. When I donate food, time, or money to my congregation's efforts to serve meals at a local homeless shelter, I expect that the food will actually be eaten by people at the shelter, and not thrown out.