January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

say is true, he gets enough negative exposure that people won't contribute.
Lets hope people will be careful who they give to on things and check
expense ratios...imo if its a charity nearly 100% should be distributed,
somebody shouldn't be begging money from people and then drawing big salaries.|
|4/13/05 07:29:03 AM|Fan|USA||n/a||||10| Forest, I don't doubt that you have
been told what you've related here. However, before we convict Gerry Cooney
(and his wife) of what are reprehensible criminal offenses, let's check our
facts. I will attempt to do so on this end, if for no other reason than it
seems other posters are willing to condemn Cooney based on no more than what
you've heard. Right off the bat, I would consider motive. I question
whether Gerry is in such dire need of money that he would jeopardize all by
committing the felonies you've ascribed to him. As far as self promotion, I'm
not sure this effort, if it's what drives him, has been successful. When was
the last time you saw Cooney in the public eye? I must also infer that
Larry Holmes and the other fighters and public figures who are involved in FIST
are either Cooney's naive dupes (however, I presume that in their circles, they
would be privy to what you've heard) or are co-conspirators and criminally
liable as well. Frankly, neither interpretation holds water. I will endeavor
to learn more and get back to you. I would close by suggesting that common
decency demands that SOME credible evidence (not rank hearsay) be presented
before slandering the good name of another. |
|4/13/05 09:45:29 AM|Forest Ward|NYC||raymccormack2003@yahoo.com||||10|Fan, you
made a lot of good points. And I hope your are successful in getting to bottom
of this.What Cooney is doing to my knowledge is not a crime. There are a
lot of charities that exist that do not break any laws. But there distribution
of donations are horrible. Look at the scandal with the 9/11 charities not too
long ago. Organizations such as the American Red Cross, the Hollywood telethon,
the Firefighters Union among others were accused of diverting the donations for
other purposes rather than they were intended for, namely, the victims families.
This only became clear when there was such a loud out cry from the media
(especially Bill O'Reilly), that they opened up their books, and then admitted
to their wayward ways. Cooney's ratio of expeneses to charitable donations is
terrible. Regarding Larry Holmes any other celebrities involved in this
cause, they are getting paid to make appearances at Cooney's events. Why should
they complain, and I doubt that Cooney has shown them his books and finacial
statements. This whole matter could be settled if Cooney opened his
books up. Fat chance of that. Cooney does not need the money? Few wealthy people
do not want to make more money, including Cooney. Finally, Cooney craves
attention, this is way of staying in the spotlight, and having people say what a
nice guy he is. Believe me Cooney and his charity are not what they are cracked
up to be.|
|4/13/05 09:54:30 AM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|I do know
that Gerry Cooney does some good but it is wrong if he is making a lot of money
for doing so. A modest salary would not be a problem though.I hope that
allegations of Cooney, at the least, making more money than he should does not
discourage people from giving to some of the other organizations we have
mentioned. If there is actually a bad apple in the group, it doesn't mean they
all are bad.|
|4/13/05 12:58:43 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|I hope
Forrest's information is wrong---but I suspect that where there's smoke, there
might be fire. So many charities end up top heavy---paying for administrative
fees and salaries, while very little money goes for the actual cause, that it
wouldn't surprise me if what Forrest says is true. On the other hand, I hope
it's just someone with an axe to grind against Cooney, and they are blowing it
out of proportion. From what I've seen of Cooney, he seems sincere. If his
wife draws a salary, even a bit puffed up, I don't mind as long as she's
working. If Cooney charges for personal appearances, again, it doesn't matter,