[yankeedame]

Hey, folks, take it easy. I didn't make up this list I just filtched it from the Fobes web site.

[CatoRenasci]

We always try to give something to the Salvation Army, it does more good with our donations than any other charity we've investigated over the years.

[anniegetyourgun]

Big Bros/sisters is unwilling to keep pedophiles from children.

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

[VOA]

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[HamiltonJay]

Heifer International: This hunger-fighting nonprofit arranges to give needy folk in 47 countries breeding animals--cows, chickens, water buffalo, even bees--plus training. The recipients agree to donate the first-born female to others.

Our son's Sunday School class is donating to Heifer this year, they are working to raise enough money to buy a cow I believe for a family in Africa. Definately a very true incarnation of "Teach a man to fish".

Salvation Army is definately the organization that I try to support.. 90%+ gets to the people in need, and they've been doing it for a long long time now.

[LiteKeeper]

Little know fact - as I understand it (and I might be wrong). After a disaster event, the Red Cross will bill the responsible government agency for all of the supplies used: coffee, donuts, etc. On the other hand, the Salvation Army, that usually arrives before the Red Cross, and almost always stays longer, does not bill anyone for anything.

[Tax-chick]

Salvation Army! They and the local "Gospel Rescue Mission" (by whatever name) get our help-the-poor donations. (Note to Forbes: The Salvation Army is not "essentially its own religious movement"; it is a Christian denomination, just like Baptists or Lutherans.)

[CobaltBlue]

We always give to the Salvation Army. I have some extra money to donate this year, and was looking around for additional recipients.

I am a lawyer, do a lot of pro bono for Legal Aid, and a lot of people in shelters and otherwise receiving charity don't really meet my standards as charity cases, like the lady with the Porsche who qualifies because it has no equity and she has no job. So I am a mite disgusted with what I percieve as milking the system.

I do like the idea of the Heifer Project, because it is not just money, but a way to make your own money.

[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.