I detest the Red Cross. I think, and have long thought, they are crooked as the day is long.
I prefer the Salvation Army over them any day of the week.
Ditto. I go more local. When I was young and well off I gave to DAV, disabled american veterans.
They sell the blood the donated blood on the commodities market. All those volunteers organizing local blood drives and people who give blood are just working for free to further enrich the Red Cross.
They recruit heavily at high schools and when my son turned sixteen he donated blood. He had to give a phone number so he gave them my cell number. I got constant calls for financial donations so I blocked that caller. Had a few months respite until calls began again from Red Cross using a different number; blocked that one, too.
had a friend whos parents were high officials on the state level for the red cross. they got promoted to the national level and quit because of what they saw going on in DC wit the organization. They knew about the corruption before they got promoted but did not realize how bad it all was. The organization is used in Washington as a way of rewarding bureaucrat with high paying jobs after retirement for favors within government.