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On Friday, three well-known charities — the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Susan G. Komen — announced they are canceling plans for fundraising events at President Trump's Palm Beach country club, Mar-a-Lago.

DENVER (AP) — The American Red Cross issued an apology Monday for a water safety poster that some suggested had a racist message. The cartoon poster showed children playing in a swimming pool. Nearly all of the white children's activities were labeled as "cool," while the children of color were depicted acting in unsafe ways and were labeled "not cool."

A poster about pool safety that was up outside a Colorado swimming pool is being called racist. A man shared a photo he apparently took of the poster at the Salida community pool. On Twitter, John Sawyer asked the American Red Cross about the "super racist" post "Hey Red Cross. Send a new pool poster to @SalidaRec bc the current one they have with your name on it is super racist." The Red Cross responded to Sawyer via Twitter saying "Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We’re removing this from our site immediately & are creating new materials."...

Chandler Osborn, 14, watched Fox News coverage of Hurricane Sandy last week and decided to take action. "Last weekend, me and my younger brother, Cooper, 7, did a fundraiser in Colorado Springs to help the people" affected by the storm, he told me. The siblings set up a table at the Colorado Springs Sugar Plum Festival, gave away patriotic car magnets and pins for any donations, and collected signatures on a giant banner of support for the victims. "We raised $612 in one weekend." The Osborns joined countless Americans across the country who stepped up, in small and large ways,...

Pasadena -- The head of the San Gabriel Pomona Valley Red Cross chapter, under fire for hiring a convicted thief, was herself jailed two decades ago for involvement in an international heroin ring, it was reported Friday. Angie Turner served three months in the Linn County, Iowa, jail in 1985 after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact in connection with a ring that smuggled heroin from Nepal to Cedar Rapids, according to records cited by the Star-News. Turner told two Red Cross board members that she had a criminal background before she accepted the job of chief...

You can call the Red Cross toll free and inquire with how you may help the victims of Hurricane Katrina: 1(800)HELP NOW In addition, the enclosed link provides a Red Cross site which allows you to donate online. Please help out! Thank you, J. Scott Davis

Friday 09/09/05 10:00 pm In my capacity as a Red Cross Disaster volunteer I was present as 72 people arrived at the Ti Cities Airport directly from New Orleans. Most left their homes yesterday and flew directly from New Orleans to Tennessee. They were the people who were located in their houses and told to “leave now”. They arrived on a charter 737. The plane carried air marshals, 72 people, 6 dogs and one iguana. Overall, the people were in good shape, good spirits and extremely thankful and appreciative for the help they were receiving. The dogs were also in...

(source: http://thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050904/NEWS01/509040328/1002&template=printart) Thetowntalk.com material cannot be directly posted or linked. Summation: the article is an interesting and worthwhile read about inefficiencies and many, many gripes about Red Cross ineptness and bureaucracy, and how both storm victims and facilities providers are ignoring them and turning away from them to FEMA and the Salvation Army.

Boeing to Contribute $1 Million to American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina Relief; Will Match Employee Contributions CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2005 - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and will match employee and retiree contributions to that organization through the company's Employees Community Fund. The match is dollar-for-dollar for employees and 50 cents-on-the-dollar for eligible employees retired from Boeing. It extends through September 26. Employees all over the company responded soon after the scale and scope of the tragedy emerged, according to Toni...

Thank you for your support to the soldiers. They would really like to hear encouragement especially through their physical therapy and the several operations they are having to endure. The address is: American Red Cross Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Avenue NW Washington, DC 20307-5001 Thank you so much for your kindness to the soldiers. I have listed items below and the address for your convenience. Needed Items Summer clothing, exercise shorts, colored pocket t-shirts, boxer shorts, full zippered lightweight jackets, tear away pants, wheelchair/weight lifting gloves, ankle socks, phone cards, back packs (must be in black and...

I know this sounds like a joke but I am not kidding. Edwards sued the American National Red Cross three times in the 90's apparently and obtained a confidential settlement in each case. Anybody have any more info?

August 19, 2004 04:59 PM US Eastern Timezone Halliburton Joins American Red Cross to Help with Hurricane Charley Aftermath HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2004--Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) pledged $100,000 to the American Red Cross' Disaster Relief Fund, becoming the organization's newest member of its Annual Disaster Giving Program. Representatives from Halliburton toured some of the most devastated sites near Punta Gorda, Fla., to witness volunteer and support services provided to victims of last week's hurricane. "The American Red Cross' efforts in southwest Florida are extraordinary and Halliburton is proud to join the team to assist in any way possible the many people affected...

Life after 9/11My world changed foreverFrom New York to London, Hamburg to Herat... the barber, the diplomat, the cabbie, the priest... Terrorism crisis - Observer special ObserverSunday March 10, 2002 Sue Makras, 34, is a flight attendant for a US airline operating from Heathrow. She was on a flight to Washington on 11 SeptemberI first flew again about 10 days after the attacks. It was terrifying. Jobs were being cut too; it was a double whammy. Nothing will ever be the same again. You check out passengers, but you can't go by looks or be racist. At the same time,...

Irvine, CA.#151;The American Red Cross has censored the use of the songs #147;America the Beautiful,#148; #147;God Bless the U.S.A#148; and #147;The Declaration#148; (the text of the Declaration of Independence#148;) at an upcoming event honoring volunteers that assisted at the World Trade Center attack on September 11th. #147;First Act,#148; a musical theatre performing troupe of some of the most talented middle school-aged children from Southern California was invited to perform their popular #147;Heroes Trilogy,#148; dedicated to the volunteers of 9-11. But their show was cancelled because of the controversial material. #147;The American Red Cross cannot offend anyone. The words #145;prayer#146; and...