We stopped Salvation Army when the top dog there sent the letter saying the white folk need to apologize for their whiteness. I used to ring bells, too.
All of that stopped.
We donate to animal rescue organizations as well. Charity Navigator website is good to determine if the money is well spent.
We also give to Samaritan’s Purse.
I not only quite giving I would tell the bell ringers that I don’t donate to people that hate me. There certainly are very few bell ringers these days. I didn’t see one in Phoenix this year.
I LOVED THE BELLRINGERS! YOU GUYS WERE THE GREATEST!
You went out in sometimes dreadfully cold weather and you were always smiling and just made the Christmas season. Christmas in Chicago was about you guys, store windows and music everywhere. Hope you had trouble lifting your kettle at the end of the day.
Just blows my mind that SA doesn’t understand that all that early work on segregation was to bring people together, not to drive people apart.