Ok, this is a first. I had a meeting with a ladies group from my church tonight. I attended as a guest speaker and spoke about the HWC campaign and talked about my HWC team. I had about a 20 minute presentation. After I was finished, I asked for any questions from the group. One lady threw her hand up as if she was saying, "please answer my question first". So I called on her of course. She then slammed her hand on her catalog, and said
" I want to know how much of this money is going to PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROGRAMS!!"
I was in complete shock. I told her this wasn't a fundraiser for a planned parenthood program and she INSISTED that the Pampered Chef is a big contributer to planned parenthood programs and that she had a friend who had a wonderful PC business and ended up quitting because she found out that the company was a supporter of PP programs. Now keep in mind that I belong to the Catholic faith.........very pro-life, very anti artificial birth control. So this statement was a jaw dropper throughout the entire room.
I didn't know what to do. I have never heard of anything like this before. Can someone please enlighten me?
Needless to say, I only had a handful of people join my team and a few bought small items, but that was it! I tried to make her understand that my efforts had nothing to do with the PP program, but I don't know if she believed me.
Now I know this is a very contraversial (sp?) topic so I'm not here to discuss the pros and cons of the PP programs, I just want to know if anyone else has run into this before or has even heard of this.
" I want to know how much of this money is going to PLANNED PARENTHOOD PROGRAMS!!"
I was in complete shock. I told her this wasn't a fundraiser for a planned parenthood program and she INSISTED that the Pampered Chef is a big contributer to planned parenthood programs and that she had a friend who had a wonderful PC business and ended up quitting because she found out that the company was a supporter of PP programs. Now keep in mind that I belong to the Catholic faith.........very pro-life, very anti artificial birth control. So this statement was a jaw dropper throughout the entire room.
I didn't know what to do. I have never heard of anything like this before. Can someone please enlighten me?
Needless to say, I only had a handful of people join my team and a few bought small items, but that was it! I tried to make her understand that my efforts had nothing to do with the PP program, but I don't know if she believed me.
Now I know this is a very contraversial (sp?) topic so I'm not here to discuss the pros and cons of the PP programs, I just want to know if anyone else has run into this before or has even heard of this.