The “help the veterans” charities are really bad too. Give direct and give local for best results.
A few years ago we decided to also give locally, like food pantries, our health care district, and a food bin in a local church, which then gives out the food on Fridays, from a small store front in town.
However, we also like Samaritan’s Purse, Franklin Graham’s project.
Especially the ‘Operation Shoe Boxes’ is it? - in Nov., for Christmas. It is so much fun putting together those ‘shoe boxes.’ If one prefers not to put 1 or 2 together, one can give money for a box or two.
It’s so bad the solicitation letters we get in the mail. Spouse was ranting just the other day.
Of course it all gets tossed into ‘recycle.’ We are FORCED to take time to handle all this (junk) mail, and then HAVE to recycle it. rrrrr