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.
As do I. The Red Cross has never gotten one dime out of me. The Salvation Army does God's work. They are a great charity that I have proudly supported for years and years.
I can't even begin to comprehend what it must be like to lose everything. This is just awful. I will certainly do what I can to help. I don't think I have had the pleasure of meeting TexanaRed, but I have seen her on various threads. She's a FReeper, so she is family as far as I am concerned.