Posted on 03/17/2011 1:51:37 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
dra Bullock has donated $1 million to the Red Cross for Japan disaster relief, her rep confirms to Scoop. While other celebrities have made various gestures to encourage donation and raise money, this is the largest known donation made by a celebrity since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
This isn't the first time that Bullock has risen to the occasion charitably. She was honored for her contributions in rebuilding a New Orleans public school after Hurricane Katrina and last year donated $1 million for earthquake victims in Haiti.
OK, you may have more sense than she does.
So, in light of the situation, have you given more than she has to help the people in Japan?
If I had 2 millions dollars to give to charity, it certainly wouldn’t go down a rat hole in Haiti or to the Red Cross.
I would give it to help my own people in my own country.
No matter the frequency and scale of Red Cross waste, fraud and diversion scandals people keep throwing money at them when disaster strikes.
No a good plan. We've given 'them' 4 Trillion dollars, with a T, and look what it's gotten us.
Where's that quote on the link you provided? I couldn't find it.
No wonder her husband hasn't dumped her - it would cost him a fortune to cut off that rotten appendage!
Scoffing? No, just putting into perspective.
There are countless people who, while the dollar amount has been less, have given "more" that Sandra Bullock's $1 million donation, because it was a much greater financial sacrifice for them to give the money. Yet these people are rarely honored, much less mentioned, because the total dollar amount isn't a large splashy number.
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