The Red Cross has put over $350,000,000 in the general disaster relief fund. I don't know if this is good thing or not.
Thank you -- this is precisely what I've been saying all week long!
It's nice that people are making cash donations, but it's a lot more personal to hand someone a Wal-Mart gift card so they can get *exactly* what *they* need, from personal hygiene supplies to groceries to medicine to automotive needs. There was a story posted in an earlier thread where all one elderly lady wanted was some press-on nails to make herself feel good again, and I don't think a check to a general disaster relief fund would have paid for that.
Thank you for your generosity, Yellow Rose!!!
It's nice that people are making cash donations, but it's a lot more personal to hand someone a Wal-Mart gift card so they can get *exactly* what *they* need, from personal hygiene supplies to groceries to medicine to automotive needs. There was a story posted in an earlier thread where all one elderly lady wanted was some press-on nails to make herself feel good again, and I don't think a check to a general disaster relief fund would have paid for that.
Exactly,,,,,I went and bought some stuff and took to the local hotels too, I just can't stomach turning cash over to someone else to decide the best way---these people needed things now,,,,and the ones in the hotels (middle class who aren't used to being dependent) haven't seen or heard from the red cross/FEMA,,,that might be a long time coming for them,,,