Elvis - A Lighted Candle

[Wanda June Hill]

Hi,

I hope that he didn't find out- everytime there is a "benefit" such as that one there are always costs that come out of the funds collected... sometimes the costs are greater than what is collected un fortunately. I don't know how much actually went to the Cancer Fund, but I used to know a person who was involved working for the Cancer Fund who said that they receive something like 1/2 the amounts collected and she had worked for them for 22 years at that time 1974, and there had NEVER been a time when the total amount collected from ANY benefit held for the fund was the full amount collected- and there had been some events that brought in more money than Elvis' Aloha show. She thought they would have done better if a set price for tickets had been the norm instead of "donation" ect. She said that as far as she knew at that time, which was after his death, the money he had donated personally had come in, And the check cleared his bank account when presented a couple of months after the show.
She said a copy of his check was made and had been for a while framed on the wall of the administrator's office but she had no idea what happened to it as when the administrator changed, the office was redccorated. That's back in the 80's.
I was just expressing my hope that he didn't know how things worked in cases like benefits for chairity. But it is possible he did know, and that is why he wrote a check out of his own funds?
My daughter and her band performed for one held for a little boy who needed a liver transplant- it was a big event, put on in Los Angeles and featured some known country artists and then some newer artists- and Starla's band and a couple other groups played also. They had a huge crowd but by the time all the perks (stacks of booze, fancy foods etc:) that
had been demanded by the big stars "donating their time etc:" not much went to the fund. but the Shriner's picked up the difference in the transplant for the little boy.
Elvis' daughter hit the nail on the head when she said...
"He trusted to many snakes, fed too many rats..." However, his was a heart that trusted and loved his fellow humans. He beleived that people were good, if we gave them that chance- so he tried to do that through out his entire lifetime.
And true to life, if there is a way for a rat or a snake to get in-it will...
wjh

[Rainbow Light]

Thank you for letting me know further regarding this issue and to clarify things more as I had not heard previously anything of this! In this respect then, I can see why he would have chosen to do a check with money from his own funds and I'm sure many of the 'benefits' done do receive a chunk of the money to help whichever charity is being collected for.

However, his was a heart that trusted and loved his fellow humans. He beleived that people were good, if we gave them that chance- so he tried to do that through out his entire lifetime

Yes generally I can agree to this but still to have a 'healthy skepticism' in this ole world is not altogether a bad thing!