[snippy_about_it]

Too bad to hear about the Red Cross not going out of their way to distribute the gifts.


My father always mistrusted the Red Cross. When he was in the Army during WWII he gave some money to the Red Cross to be delivered to his father who was in the hospital at the time. The Red Cross had made arrangements for whatever reason to deliver things from service members to their family members.

Only half of the money arrived. The Red Cross said they took the other half as a fee. That wasn't part of the "deal" and my father never forgot it and spoke ill of the Red Cross every chance he got.

For me, the fact that the head of the Red Cross gets at least 250,000 a year for a salary is enough to make me not donate to them. I can't believe they cannot find someone capable of doing the job without receiving a corporate salary.

Never Forget Bump.

[VOA]

Only half of the money arrived. The Red Cross said they took the other half as a fee.
That wasn't part of the "deal" and my father never forgot it and spoke ill of
the Red Cross every chance he got.

From many stories I've heard, you just would about need to get a lawyer to draw up
a contract in order to actually know what the Red Cross would do with a donation.
And even then I would expect them to bend/break the agreement in ways
that would make Bill Clinton look like a straight-shootin' moral paragon.

[SAMWolf]

Except for their Blood Drives, Im not impressed with the Red Cross services.