[VOA]

I'm absolutely disgusted with the Red Cross!! Not surprised in the least, though.

IIRC, after a large rural fire in the San Diego area took out a number of houses,
it was found that the local Red Cross chapter had spent about zippo on the victims
after the Red Cross solicited (and received) donations for the disaster.

I guess this finally made the light of day; it was also found the head of that chapter
was one of the highest paid charity executives in the country...and the chapter
hired a retired high-ranking Marine Corp officer to answer questions (just a shameful
CYA move).

I'll never give the Red Cross a cent.

Especially seeing how Dr. Bernadette Healy tried to do a course-correction of The Red Cross
and finally quit (and/or was pushed out). As I understood it, she was viewed as
a troublemaker when she challenged the International Red Cross about their balking
at recognizing a Red Cross-type organization in Israel...while the International
gave full recognition to The Red Crescent.
A curse on the lot of 'em.

[radu]

Personally, I'm more than ready to see the Red Cross shut down. What a scam! They take and take, but don't seem to want to give. How many times do things like this have to happen before something is done?!!

[Mr. Silverback]

My local Red Cross chapter is staffed by the salt of the Earth, and they do an awesome job helping the troops and local families in need. That said, the national org has some serious problems and the ICRC is even worse. The bottom line is that most of the folks at my local United Way are great people but I don't donate because of the Boy scout thing and the national scandals, guess I'm headed that way with the Red Cross.