After some seraching around, and in depth look and from jsut folks experiences
here with RC and SA, I do believe I am no converting to SA. Why in the HELL
does a the presidents salary at red cross top $400k? The same position at
salvation army is just above $40k
RC Selling survival items? SA Giving it away... Unfortuantely I am going to
now do something I have never done, double dip to charities and make a wee
bit larger donation to the SA, I had alreay made a donation to RC, but now
that I know what I know it's SA all the way.
Thanks for your inputs and sharing your experiences on this.
On Saturday September 3 2005 11:37 am, Terrible Tom wrote:
> Josh Battles wrote:
> > Rick Barnes said:
> >>No problem Joseph, I had a similar experience. I think the people at
> >> bottom of the RC are all great and wonderful people, it's the higher ups
> >> that are the problems, as it is in a lot of organzations. I was at a
> >> tornado disaster as a volunteer with a church group and the RC came
> >> blazing in and we were glad to see them...nice folks...we had been
> >> working for 3 solid days in awful conditions, no food...well what do you
> >> know, they brought out a bunch of sandwiches...yay....oops, they wanted
> >> $2 a piece for
> >>them....needless to say, we helped them pack their crap up and ran them
> >>out...
> >>Never again...
> >>
> >>The SA (Salvation Army) showed up an hour later and would give us the
> >> shirts off our backs if we had asked. That is where I made up my mind.
> >>
> >>Agree, not trying to start a flame, just my own experience.
> >>
> >>Rascal
> >
> > I too had an experience similar to this after some tornadoes hit a town
> > that I've got a friend in, here in IL. We were all out there helping
> > clean up and searching for my buddy's lost stuff in the wreckage of his
> > house (it was flattened) and the RC showed up. They were selling
> > sandwiches/coffee/juice/water. The SA showed up about an hour later and
> > were giving away the same things, as well as dry clothes and blankets.
> >
> > IMO, the SA >> the RC, and I have no problem donating to the salvation
> > army because of this experience.
>
> See I didn't know any of this. I can't believe the Red Cross CHARGES
> people for stuff. The whole damned point of it is to GIVE help to
> people who need it. WTF? Do they expect the people in New Orleans to
> fork up money for food and water?
>
> Thanks for the heads up guys - I'll send to the Salvation Army instead.
--Bill Day
"A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he can give and ever wanted.." http://counter.li.org #384146 284016
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