Call me mean spirited , but the way many Alaskan's trash oil companies , if I were them , I'd say to heck with you , and give Alaskan's nothing. We deserve nothing . Even when oil companies were paying 90 percent of our states bills many Alaskan's trashed the oil companies .  Concerning the donations themselves---many are miss-guided.  Why on earth does an oil company sponsor a foot race for heavens sake's ? How does that put meals on the table ?  Why on earth sponsor losing dog musher DeeDee Jonrowe ? How does giving money to dog mushers feed the needy ?  Then there's the big one---why do we continue to blow money on the street drunk homeless population ?  They have no desire to improve their lives. They live to drink and party and not work.  Donations to Beans and Francis enable them to live that lifestyle.  Every charity has too much overhead where as the donations don't reach the needy . The bottom line is we need to do with less and the lazy need to stop depending on handouts .