how much of my donation to red cross goes to actually helping people

[theGinsue]

CharityWatch gives the American Red Cross an "A" grade.

If you want to help, donate to the Salvation Army.

Or just buy maps of the east coast and mail them to the White House so FEMA can figure out how to find it.

I had issues many years ago with the American Red Cross & they pissed me off so I'll never give to them again. The Salvation Army, however, was EVERYWHERE during the huge flooding in the Midwest back in '93. They were on site anywhere volunteers were working and their efforts to assist those affected by the flooding were outstanding. As far as relief agencies go, the Salvation Army gets my dollars.

[Cman]

The Salvation Army gets my vote and dollars as well! They are well organized and almost all of the $ goes to help people.

[nynco]

While I am not a Mormon, I do give the credit for walking the walk in relation to helping those in need. I try to do my part in any small way I can each day too. I do wish that other churches or organizations would step up and do more rather than just talking about helping people.

[PSS]

While I am not a Mormon, I do give the credit for walking the walk in relation to helping those in need. I try to do my part in any small way I can each day too. I do wish that other churches or organizations would step up and do more rather than just talking about helping people.

There are many other churches helping in disaster areas. There are homeless shelters, food banks, and disaster aid services run by every denomination. You've got to be kidding me. Take a look at charity watchdog websites and they have them listed. I personally know 2 guys my age that spent 1 year in 3rd world countries with clean water projects. Another guy spent 2 years in Haiti trying to teach people their gardening techniques that would allow them to feed themselves and provide them a livelihood. Others spent time in disaster areas in a as needed basis. Local churches are usually on the scene of disasters providing services. Mormons seem to be on top of their game, no doubt, but there are a lot of good people around. Getting tired of all the cynical attitudes.

[Ah Pook]

I will not give money to the RC or United Way.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I do wish that other churches or organizations would step up and do more rather than just talking about helping people.

I'm amazed at so much ignorance in a single body. A SINGLE United Methodist church (I think in Texas) built a "food truck" capable of serving thousands of meals -- they regularly send teams out to disaster areas to prepare and serve meals for people stricken by storms like Katrina and the volunteers helping to clean up the situation. Catholic Charities serves homeless and hungry people DAILY. Here in Colorado Springs, the Springs Rescue Mission serves dozens of hungry and homeless people daily. It's all around you -- study after study has shown Americans are the most helpful generous people on the face of the planet in terms of the amount of private charity they give (of course, cheapskates like Al Gore and Joe Biden skew the statistics but tens of thousands of people help make their miserliness irrelevant).

Open your eyes ... you just might learn something.

[nynco]

There are many other churches helping in disaster areas. There are homeless shelters, food banks, and disaster aid services run by every denomination. You've got to be kidding me. Take a look at charity watchdog websites and they have them listed. I personally know 2 guys my age that spent 1 year in 3rd world countries with clean water projects. Another guy spent 2 years in Haiti trying to teach people their gardening techniques that would allow them to feed themselves and provide them a livelihood. Others spent time in disaster areas in a as needed basis. Local churches are usually on the scene of disasters providing services. Mormons seem to be on top of their game, no doubt, but there are a lot of good people around. Getting tired of all the cynical attitudes.

Please don't misunderstand me. I was not meaning only the Mormons are good at this. Catholic Charities is another that comes to mind that does good things. I just was implying that I wish that more people and organizations would learn from what they are doing right. Meaning that there is room to improve. I should have been more clear in my reply. I can see how it could have been misconstrued to imply that only Mormons did good.