I agree that people on the site, should not donate to this, It is much better if it is a site affair, and stays tha way.
Personally I think it is a fantastic gesture, one which is exactely as you would expect from this site.
what I will say though, is this.. I pay a yearly fee to donate to The Hunting Life and find it chicken feed to what I get back from the site, and I would have no hesitation in paying up a similar sum to provide the SD with funds to do with what they will.
As I have said, I get more from my website donations than I do from my TV license.