In Indianapolis, the organizers of a youth baseball program are upset because the local department of public works has decided not to provide them with a portable restroom to serve 128 kids this summer. In a news account this week, someone from the baseball group said the public works office reported it couldn’t afford the $225 cost of providing the restroom for three months.
The story made me wonder how many requests you get for restroom donations from local charities or nonprofit groups each year. Whether it’s the Little League or the Boy Scouts or a church group, I’m sure you get plenty of calls asking to do your part for the community by providing portable sanitation services for free or at a greatly reduced cost. It’s also a sure bet that you get asked for cash donations to sponsor youth sports teams, high school programs and other civic endeavors … and you contribute whenever you can.
But you can’t give everything away … without going out of business. So how do you prioritize which requests you honor, and which ones you turn down? And do you set a budget for at the start of every year for charitable or civic contributions? Let’s get a discussion started
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