[DeTomaso] Merry Christmas

[Christopher Kimball]

That is hilarious!  I had no idea there actually was a Human Fund!  I wonder if they just didn't watch Seinfeld in Cleveland...
 
Thanks for the info!
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris



Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:49:39 -0500From: michael at michaelshortt.comTo: chrisvkimball at msn.comSubject: Re: [DeTomaso] Merry ChristmasCC: larry at ohiotimecorp.com; detomaso at realbig.com
as Paul Harvey would say,
 
Here's the Rest of the story............
 

The Human Fund
Due to his unconscionable cheapness, George Constanza found yet another way to save money after receiving a gift donation certificate from Tim Watley. Instead of exchanging Christmas gifts (per normal custom) with his co-workers, when George was given a gift he in turn gave his co-worker a card stating that a donation had been made in their name to a charity called "The Human Fund" (with the slogan "Money For People"), when in fact this organization didn't exist. George had fabricated The Human Fund to get out of having to spend money on gifts. Kruger (played by Daniel von Bargen), is told by his accounting department that his company needed to donate some money (for tax purposes). Kruger subsequently gives George a company check for $20,000 and tells him to give it to The Human Fund. The accounting department, after doing some research, later learns that The Human Fund indeed does not exist. Kruger—who is more angry at the fact that George gave him a fake Christmas present and less concerned with the possibility that George could have been embezzling money from the company—calls George on this. When he does so, George becomes flustered and begins to babble on about how he made it up because he didn't celebrate Christmas and was embarrassed to tell anyone. He insists that his family instead celebrates 'Festivus' ("They drove my family out of Bayside!"). Unconvinced, Kruger accepts George's invitation to the Festivus celebration at George's house to see if his story adds up.
This is not to be confused with The Human Fund, a legitimate organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. The organization began in 2005. From their mission statement :

The Human Fund effectively supports arts education programs for the under-served youth of the city of Cleveland, providing ongoing involvement and a commitment to funding several arts programs annually. We are a non-traditional foundation taking a fresh approach to fund-raising. Our foundation takes arts education seriously and as a friend of the arts, The Human Fund is committed to long-term relationships and financial support for youth arts programming.
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:
I made a donation to the human fund...(unless you watched Seinfeld, you won't get that!)> From: larry at ohiotimecorp.com> To: detomaso at realbig.com> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:40:17 -0500> Subject: [DeTomaso] Merry Christmas


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