non profit? Have you ever paid attention to the salary of the head honcho? The Salvation Army is there and doesn´t toot their own horn. I refuse to donate to the Red Cross and I just phoned Salvation Army headquarters asking why MSM continue to credit the Red Cross and not a word about the salvation army or any other group that is donating their time, money and care. The Red Cross isn´t affilated with christians, is that the reason??????

Anyone giving to this organization is a moron.
Two words: Salvation Army.

Sounds like the RC has reviewed itself and approves.

The bosses should get big bonus checks before the Holiday Season.

Here is the problem with Red Cross. When disaster strikes, they want money (so they can purchase goods in bulk) and they wanted trained volunteers. They know from experience that this is the most efficient way to get needed product and assistance to those in distress.

Now, that game plan works well in small disasters - an apartment complex lost to fire, a flooded neighborhood. It doesn´t wok so well in catastrophic disasters - a Katrina, a Sandy. Red Cross can´t simply take the money and purchase provisions locally; if there is a statewide shortage of gasoline and bottled water, Red Cross can´t buy it, either. As for trained volunteers - many of those trained in the past are now your disaster victims.

There is a motto in the nonprofit world, "Let people give in the way they desire to give." Red Cross should let locals provide supplies they can find as well as volunteer. (Put a 2-hour training on-line and let ´em come.) Those out of the area? Encourage cash donations. But don´t think you have all the answers.

When they spend more on the victims than on themselves, give me a call.

The Red Cross doing what it´s always excelled at; self-promotion...

Spoken like a true obama

I read that The American Red CrossPresident and CEO Marsha J. Evans´ salary for 2011 was $951,957 plus expenses.
She MUST be a great um..... whatchamacallit, um well, gee I just don know.
Just exactly what do she do for, let´s see, $18,306. 86 per week.
Whadya think, sportsfans?

I have reduced my charitable giving to four:
The Salvation Army
Wounded Warrior Project
Catholic Relief Services
Christ´s Haven (a local facility for homeless
or abused children).
The Red Cross does not even come close to making the list.

Flawless only in that their phoney baloney executives got paid in a timely manner.
I give my money to the
Salvation Army, not these mooks.

I belong to a small Catholic church. During Katrina, we took in and housed, clothed, and fed 20 families. Some as small as three, some families as large as seven. We were stretched very thin on funds, we contacted the Red Cross for some possible assistance taking care of these people. The came to our facility and deemed it not worthy of Red Cross support because we had only two bathrooms, no showers, and were having the families take turns with the cooking. This obviously didn´t meet their standards. We still housed the people, helped them get local jobs, brought them a few at a time to our homes for showering for 3 months. All their needs were met, and they eventually moved on. Screw the Red Cross, I will NEVER donate a penny to them!

I remember when they raised many millions after 9/11, they used very little of the money to actually help people. They used much of it for ´other purposes´. Yeah right.

I haven´t given them a dime in years. My brther-in-law talked about how they sold coffee and doughnuts to soldiers during the Korean War and the Salvation Army provided the same free of charge.

I despise the Red Cross. My dad served in WWII and Korea. HE said they charged soldiers for coffee and donuts while he was overseas! CHARGED THEM! Then, in 1965, my dad was stationed in Turkey and mom and us kids were left stateside because Turkey was deemed too dangerous for families. Mom didn´t hear from dad for almost two months. Calling overseas was in it´s infancy and unaffordable on a Staff Sargent´s pay. Finally, she contacted the Red Cross. The cable from the Air Force had never reached my mom. Dad, was very sick and in the Air Force hospital, but was recovering but not well enough to write at that time. The Red Cross then proceeded to CHARGE my dad for their services. It was taken out of his Air Force pay. They are even worse, now. Never, NEVER will they get one cent from our family. We give to The Salvation Army and Samaritans Purse. The Red Cross can go, well, you know...sorry, I feel so strongly about this!