Tidings of comfort & joy: 10 large charities that shine.

Forbes.Com ^ | 12.08.03 issue | William P. Barrett

[laurav]

Did I miss something on your Heifer project link? I was taken to a page of charities that the Ben and Jerry's foundation donates to. I'm sure all sorts of people I don't like have given to the same charities I have, so I'm not sure what that means about the Heifer project. Seems like a pretty good idea to me -- helping poor people start their own income-producing lines of work, rather than just take a hand-out.

[sinkspur]

Salvation Army bttt"

Would you care to offer a cogent comment?

He did. "bttt" means "bump to the top," which is commonly used to keep the thread visible.

[MJemison]

..paid the Red Cross..

Yes, my uncle who was in the service told me the same thing. He also said to never give a dime to Red Cross, give your donation to the Salvation Army.

[Veritas_est]

"Salvation Army bttt"

Would you care to offer a cogent comment?

Please forgive me for seeming rude. I am obviously a newbie, but I am trying to understand how this works. Thanks to all of you who take time to explain.

[Old Professer]

You will probably getthis from someone else before I finish typing; BTTT is shorthand for Bump To The Top; it is not a disparaging phoneme.

[jmc813]

The Heifer project has turned into nothing more than a liberal cause in 'diversity' and is now populated by left-leaning zealots.

Is there anything other than the fact that Ben & Jerry's donated to them that makes this so? My church works with them and they seem like a fine charity.

[ArrogantBustard]

A good friend of mine who was heavily involved in rescue operations and forensic investigation at the Pentagon, post Sept. 11, has naught but praise for the Salvation Army. His opinion of the Red Cross is not fit to be printed.

[anniegetyourgun]

My former church used to also contribute. See #20 above. I'm afraid I can't go into great detail, but am aware of how much the organization has been overtaken by leftists. There is not much left of the original Christian foundation in the organization - unless you are one who also considers The World Council of Churches to be a "Christian" organization.

[exit82]

Welcome, newbie. You'll find there are a lot of good things to learn here--and many able teachers.

Onse more BTTT for the Salvation Army!

[anniegetyourgun]

Welcome to FR!

[Cap Huff]

You mention one of the criticisms that is often made against the Red Cross, and I have no doubt that it is true. I won't speak of the Red Cross today, but in regard to WWII there was another side of the picture that I also know was true. My father was a POW in the European theater for about a year, and he had nothing but the highest praise for what the Red Cross did for him. He credited his very survival to the parcels that they sent him. Those parcels kept him alive. He ate the foodstuff that was sent, and bartered the cigarettes for a bit more food. His normal weight was 160 pounds, and he weighed about 120 when he was liberated in April 1945. The Red Cross was the margin of survival for him. In a way, I wouldn't be writing this if it had not been for the Red Cross.

By the way, I have no particular love for the Red Cross of today. Insofar as they do a service for our active duty military some good is done, but I'm afraid that they are an overgrown bureaucracy