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Posted on 09/05/2005 12:03:25 PM PDT by pageonetoo
The Red Cross had initially promised the checks would be sent out within 48 hours of a family being contacted.
But more than six weeks after the horrific tragedy, thousands of families have not been contacted and have not received any assistance. Red Cross officials now admit the Falls Church call center is overwhelmed, has a shoddy records-keeping system and is awash in confusion.
"I was turned into a widow on Sept. 11 and a single mother and now they're turning me into a beggar," one woman told the New York Times, asking that she not be named for fear her check might be canceled.
Some say the $530 million (U.S.) outpouring of public support for the Sept. 11 victims' families was just too much for the Red Cross to possibly manage. In the entire fiscal year of 2000, the agency raised just over $600 million (U.S.)
When the half-a-billion dollars arrived in just a few weeks after the terrorist attacks, Red Cross president Healy became embroiled in nasty infighting with her 50-member board of directors over use of the donations.
Healy, former dean of the Ohio State medical school and a cardiologist, choked back tears on Friday at a Washington news conference, saying she'd been "forced out" by the board.
American Red Cross board chairman David McLaughlin (no relation to Mike or Liz McLaughlin) said simply that the board had differences with Healy on "various issues."
Now it appears the Red Cross will use millions of dollars raised on the basis of Sept. 11 for purposes that have nothing to do with the victims or their families. Instead, critics say, the Red Cross is using the money to expand its own empire.
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...“Identified by author and management expert Dr. Peter Drucker as ‘by far the most effective organization in the United States,’ The Salvation Army invests the charitable gifts it receives in the lives of men and women and boys and girls. ‘No one even comes close to it in respect to clarity of mission, ability to innovate, measurable results, dedication and putting money to maximum use,’ Drucker said. (Forbes, August 11, 1997).”
In stark contrast to the scandals generated by other charities in the aftermath of 9/11, the Salvation Army went about quietly ministering to the victims of the terrorist attacks, as well as the rescuers and other volunteers. According to an article about the Salvation Army in the December issue of Reader’s Digest, “With a half-hour of the terrorist attacks, 200 officers in their epaulet jackets and blue caps started scrambling to Ground Zero, soon assisted by 5,000 more volunteers.” The Army commandeered 24 buildings from which to receive and distribute tons of relief supplies. Disaster experts consider the Salvation Army’s work in Manhattan and Washington, DC, to be the most effective of any of the relief organizations involved.
Thank you. I was afraid many people would have forgotten this fiasco
Thats why the Army is the only one I donate to.
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Red Cross, same as the Red Crescent, neiter get a penney from me!
The United Way can take a leap also.
Salvation Army does a much better job.
So they should still have money to cover this disaster...? because they've been adding to the pot everytime something has happened.
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Come to live thread in Katrina.
The money sent for 9/11 has been spent...
$13,000 a yr to pay the SA leader...
$450,000+ a yr to keep the RC leader in designers threads...
Based just on that, who seems more interested in helping others, to you?
Are you kidding me...?
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As a Red Cross volunteer (who gets paid nothing) who worked at Ground Zero and may yet get to the Gulf if my employer permits, I think I am qualified to speak for many of the 58,000 Red Cross volunteers from all over the country who helped out their neighbors in New York, many of whom travel from disaster to disaster on their own time.
This is garbage.
The Red Cross spends what it collects helping people. Sure, there are paid staff who keep things organized year round, but the bulk of the work from collecting blood to CPR and First Aid and disaster relief training comes from volunteers-- people helping people.
I remember when we were literally dishing out millions of meals for the disposessed and the rescue workers, and then watching on television commentators saying, "Where's the Red Cross? What are they doing?"
It crushed the spirit of many of the workers. One woman cried. A New York cop put his hand on her shoulder and said, "Now you know what it's like for us. All the time."
It would be really bad management not to keep some money in reserve for the next disaster. There will always be one. That's why the Red Cross is always ready and always there.
The Red Cross does spend SOME of the money collected for helping people, and I thank you for volunteering in their efforts. But, that does not change the fact that they are top-heavy, and too much is spent on that overhead.
They do some good. They are like the United Nations, though... you really don't know where the money goes! Red Cross volunteers are wonderful people, and I am not saying that the RC is evil I am only saying that there are a lot of places to send your dimes, that will get used much better!
I put the Salvation Army at the top of the list for efficiency in BIG disasters!
Understand that I'm not piling on you, and I'll add the fact that I just gave my first pint of blood about a month back. But I'll never give a penny to the Red Cross simply because they have turned into a Leftist activist organization, ala their alignment with the Red Crescent and their treatment of Israel. It's mind boggling that an aid organization sidles with terrorists.
I think they should be dismantled, quite frankly, and the job given to an organization not aligned with terrorists.
I think they should be dismantled, quite frankly, and the job given to an organization not aligned with terrorists or Leftist ideals.
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The red cross helped FL with Katrina relief, NOT.
They used it to raise money, set up a couple of food kitchens and left with a net profit.
It is good that honest people help out, but the fact remains the Red Cross is a marketing "brand". They "sell" feel good perception of help.
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