Joseph A. Orsini wrote:
> This is all straying way off topic and I am only going to post once on this
> subject, and it is not intended to flame anyone so please keep tat in mind.
> You might be best not just blindly donating to the Red Cross. Some time
> after 9-11 it came out that some of the top honchos at the RC were crooked
> thieving bastards. The organization itself is a good idea and I support it
> but there were issues with the directors that have supposedly been solved,
> but I am still not sure. I do know that because of the accusations that
> came to light at least one if not more of the directors of the Red Cross
> were either removed or forced to resign. There was one example I recall off
> hand about the mud slides in Cali a while back where there were local
> contributions that totaled something north of 5 million and the actual money
> that went to help the mudslide victims was in the neighborhood of 300k.
> This was before the shake up at the top so I have no idea if things have
> improved or not. Just an FYI so you can maybe be better aware of how your
> contributions might be used. Again not trying to flame anyone or slam what
> over the years has been a good charity organization.
>
> -Joe
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>>I trust the Salvation Army more than the Red Cross, just my own
>>experience.
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>>Rascal
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Hmm I guess I missed those stories - I havn't donated to anyone yet - I
just got home from work - I also worry about who gets the money and the
possibility for corruption - - you guys think the Salvation Army is a
better choice?
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