Unfiltered Story #262511

We ask all our donors if they can Gift Aid their donations, meaning that they donate a small portion of their tax contributions when we sell what they’ve donated. Most of our donors aren’t eligible because they don’t pay income tax, but we have to ask every time anyway.

A new donor comes in with a bag of books for the shop.

Me: Would you like to Gift Aid your donation to make it worth an extra 25 percent?

Donor: I’ve got cancer.

Me:…