Make-A-Wish turns down bikini car wash $$$
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Too much bare skin - even if for a good cause - is not OK, according to some.
A local bikini car wash stand offers just what you'd expect -- bikini-clad women scrubbing your car clean. But the concept is proving to be offensive to many, including the stand's intended beneficiary.
The stand's owner and manager had planned to donate half of the proceeds to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but the organization doesn't want the money. The group says it doesn't want to be affiliated with the women in bikinis.
"We would never want to engage in any sort of partnership or activity that could be perceived as offensive to some of our families," said Jeannette Tarcha of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
But some don't see what the problem is.
"They should take any type of money," said "Kira," one of the employees. "Those kids would be happy to receive anything even if it comes from a bikini car wash,"
The girls work for Ronnie, an entrepreneur who owns an online Web site that offers fully-dressed poker hostesses. Ronnie has been advertising the car wash on his site as well as on Craigslist.
Ronnie planned on teaming up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise $3,500. He had good intentions, but some say it was a bad idea.
"I'm a little upset about it. We contacted them first. They got back to us right off with a 'no.'" said Ronnie.
The nonprofit group admits donations are down by as much as 10 percent compared to last year. It decides who they want to partner with on a case-by-case basis, staying away from what's could be perceived as adult entertainment.
"If a dying kid is getting their wish to go to Disney world in two weeks, and you come to them and say that money is not available because we declined to accept it from girls a bikini, that kid wouldn't care where the money would came from," said Ronnie.
Ronnie said he plans to go forward with the bikini car wash anyway, then donate a portion of the proceeds to the Make-A-Wish Foundation anonymously.
A local bikini car wash stand offers just what you'd expect -- bikini-clad women scrubbing your car clean. But the concept is proving to be offensive to many, including the stand's intended beneficiary.
The stand's owner and manager had planned to donate half of the proceeds to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but the organization doesn't want the money. The group says it doesn't want to be affiliated with the women in bikinis.
"We would never want to engage in any sort of partnership or activity that could be perceived as offensive to some of our families," said Jeannette Tarcha of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
But some don't see what the problem is.
"They should take any type of money," said "Kira," one of the employees. "Those kids would be happy to receive anything even if it comes from a bikini car wash,"
The girls work for Ronnie, an entrepreneur who owns an online Web site that offers fully-dressed poker hostesses. Ronnie has been advertising the car wash on his site as well as on Craigslist.
Ronnie planned on teaming up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to raise $3,500. He had good intentions, but some say it was a bad idea.
"I'm a little upset about it. We contacted them first. They got back to us right off with a 'no.'" said Ronnie.
The nonprofit group admits donations are down by as much as 10 percent compared to last year. It decides who they want to partner with on a case-by-case basis, staying away from what's could be perceived as adult entertainment.
"If a dying kid is getting their wish to go to Disney world in two weeks, and you come to them and say that money is not available because we declined to accept it from girls a bikini, that kid wouldn't care where the money would came from," said Ronnie.
Ronnie said he plans to go forward with the bikini car wash anyway, then donate a portion of the proceeds to the Make-A-Wish Foundation anonymously.
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