You want to give that collector money, but you have no coins in the house. Recognizable problem? Collectors in the Helmond neighborhood of Brandevoort are almost all going out with a QR code this year. So that problem has been solved for them. And much more is being donated digitally, notes collector Marie-José Timmermans.
Last week Marie-José went out four times in the evening for the Kidney Foundation. In its own street in Brandevoort, but also in the surrounding streets. “I’ve been doing this for 13 years now. In the past always with cash, last year with a money collection box with a QR sticker on it and this year for the first time with a cardboard box with a code, in which no money can be put in.”
Normally she raises 100 to 150 euros. Now that she collects digitally, that has increased to 500 euros. “When people scan the code, the standard amount is 5 euros. Quite a lot, but many people actually increase it. Although there are also people who do not want to give digitally and prefer to give money. But this is much easier and safer.”
“Two people donated 25 euros each.”
The proceeds of 500 euros are distorted, she also sent friends, acquaintances and people from her street an app with a collection request. “Two people from the street that I didn’t know very well, donated 25 euros each. No one donated that with cash. In any case, I do not notice the inflation or the crisis. There is no less given.”
Cash is only collected in a few streets. “These are somewhat older collectors who prefer that.”