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    Default Donations Wow!


    As you open

    your pockets to do a good thing
    and make

    yourself feelgood,


    please keep the following facts in mind:


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    The American Red

    Cross
    President and CEO Marsha J.

    Evans'
    salary for the year was $651,957

    plus expenses

    MARCH

    OF DIMES
    It is

    called the March of Dimes

    because
    only a dime for

    every 1 dollar is given to the needy.




    The

    United Way
    President Brian

    Gallagher
    receives a $375,000 base salary

    along with numerous expense benefits.

    UNICEF
    CEO

    Caryl M. Stern

    receives
    $1,200,000 per year (100k

    permonth) plus all

    expensesincluding a ROLLS

    ROYCE.
    Less

    than 5 cents of your donated dollar goes to the

    cause.

    GOODWILL
    CEO and owner Mark Curran profits

    $2.3 million a year.
    Goodwill is a very catchy

    name for his

    business.
    You donate to his business and

    then he sells the items for PROFIT.
    He pays nothing for his

    products and pays his workers minimum wage! Nice Guy.
    $0.00 goes to

    help anyone! Stop giving to

    this

    man.
    ----------------------------

    Instead,give it to ANY OF THE

    FOLLOWING


    GO

    "GREEN" AND
    PUT YOUR MONEY
    WHERE

    IT WILL
    DO SOME GOOD:

    The Salvation

    Army
    Commissioner, Todd Bassett

    receives a small salary of

    only
    $13,000 per year

    (plus housing) for managing this

    $2 billion dollar

    organization.
    96 percent of

    donated dollars go to the cause.

    The

    American Legion
    National Commander receives a

    $0.00 zero salary.
    Your

    donations go to help Veterans and their families and

    youth!

    The

    Veterans of Foreign Wars
    National Commander receives a

    $0.00 zero

    salary.
    Your

    donations go to help Veterans and their families and

    youth!

    The Disabled American

    Veterans
    National Commander receives a

    $0.00 zero salary.
    Your

    donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!



    The Military Order of Purple

    Hearts
    National Commander receives a

    $0.00 zero salary.
    Your

    donations go to help Veterans and their families and

    youth!

    The

    Vietnam Veterans of America
    National Commander

    receives a $0.00 zero

    salary.
    Your

    donations go to help Veterans and their families and

    youth!

    Make a

    Wish: For children's last

    wishes.
    100%

    goes to funding trips or special wishes for a dying

    child.

    St.

    Jude Research

    Hospital
    100%

    goes towards funding and helping Children with Cancer who have no

    insurance and can
    not afford to pay.

    Ronald

    McDonald

    Houses
    All

    monies go to running the houses for parentswho have critical Children in the

    hospital.
    100%

    goes to housing, and feeding the

    families.

    Lions

    Club

    International
    100%

    OF DONATIONS GO TO HELP THE BLIND,BUY HEARING AIDES, SUPPORT MEDICAL

    MISSIONSAROUND THE WORLD.

    THEIR LATEST

    UNDERTAKING
    IS

    MEASLES VACCINATIONS (ONLY $1.00 PER SHOT).

    Please

    share this with everyone you

    can.

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    well I'll be darn, I always support the Veterans org. but it was sure a good read on the others,,,, I guess charity does really start at home,, there homes.........what a shame. and I am assuming the report is accurate.

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    I have known this since 1964, while in the Phillipines the red cross was there, coffee 25 cents a cup, dounut 25 cents........ the salvation army was also there, for troops all free....... haven't given to anyone but the salvation army ever since...... all reliefs scare me, like the one for starving kids, dogs,etc...... always someone wants to make a big pay day out of it.......
    A FISH IN THE PAN IS WORTH TWO IN THE LAKE

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    This ought to be a sticky!

    Thanks!


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    My wife used to work for The Red Cross. When she found out how little of each dollar went to help the ones who needed it, she resigned.









    "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty ia a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin.

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    Same thing Bob. A 1983 tornado hit Springfield hard when we lived there. The local R.C. chapter appealed for donations and people responded. What most didn't know was that the RC charter required a large cut go directly to the National chapter, recall it being in the 50-60% range. Bit of a bait and switch deal to me. They do some good work no doubt but it left a bad taste in my mouth.

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    Good Message.

    I always drop change in the Ronald McDonald box as I was unaware what they do for parents with sick children until my cousin's daughter was in an accident. They provided a place to stay near the hospital at no charge. That's a great organization.

    Shriners is another one to mention. Their hospitals do great things for children with medical issues much like St. Jude.

    I'm still a little pissed back in the 70's I was walking around with a little orange UNICEF box with starving kid pictures on it asking for change donations. I was unaware I was helping support a war effort in Africa to prop up a communist organization that was friendly to the United Nations. What can you trust with that kind of stuff that goes on.
    Standing in the Gap

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    I am just looking forward to donating to the Hungry Crappie Foundation.

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