I experienced a horrendous tornado in Wichita Falls in 1979.......McDonalds had a huge tractor trailer that had been turned into a "rolling McDonalds" that they drove right into one of the hardest hit areas, where they served food, totally free of charge, to anyone who could get to them......... there were many other companies that jumped right in and helped out......... the Red Cross gets all the publicity, but so many other organizations and businesses help so many people during a disaster..........
Perhaps donations to local churches to help them defray costs would be an idea over sending to the Red Cross (as if any freepers would still do that!)........
Glad your son is ok........
I remember that tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas Girl.
I was just a little tyke, but I have a good memory
(haha).
I wouldn't give the Red Cross the perspiration off my private parts, and that goes for the United Fund, also.
I give to the Salvation Army, the VFW, FR and the church.
When anyone of those becomes a bureaucracy that feeds off the people instead of feeding the people in whatever form, I'll cease my donation.