Light To Unite (World AIDS Day)
Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 4:39 pmPlease take a moment and go to Bristol-Myers Squipp’s Light To Unite website and light the candle. Every time the candle is lit they will donate $1 to AIDS research.
Listening to: Something In My House - Dead Or Alive
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December 5th, 2006 at 10:46 am
[...] Original post by Howard [...]
December 12th, 2006 at 11:29 am
No, they’re not donating a dollar for every visitor who lights a candle. Even though they’ve had over a million candles lit, BMS has capped their donation at $100,000. How deceptive. And don’t forget: Charles Heimbold, the former CEO of BMS, received $150 million in compensation in 2001.
December 12th, 2006 at 11:39 am
Yes, I knew about the compensation thing and I don’t trust pharmaceutical companies in the least, but anything given is better than nothing.
December 12th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
This whole concept it thoroughly disgusting. They’re giving money to an educational organization that will provide information about treatments, etc. Ironically, BMS manufacturers drugs for HIV / AIDS treatment. Shouldn’t they be happily giving money to these type of organizations since, in the end, it’ll all come back to their own pockets many times over by drug sales? This whole concept is just a sales tactic to make BMS look good.