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Burzhui
10-26-2001, 01:02 PM
It's that time of the year again.... any of you give them any money?
I feel kind of hisitant to even think about giving them money
Markel
10-26-2001, 01:09 PM
I am very consistent in what I give them. A nice goose egg every year.
Burzhui
10-26-2001, 01:18 PM
yea they just seem very wrong for some reason
attgig
10-26-2001, 02:50 PM
they get plenty of $$ from the NFLPA, what the heck are they doing w/ that $$$???? more comercials???
yeah, never really liked them...
now, a organization like the Red Cross...they can't afford Commercials, but they do all the work....that's an organization I don't mind givin to....
speakin of red cross(via Amazon)...:
Total Collected: $6,886,525.73
# of Payments: 175588
Originally posted by attgig
they get plenty of $$ from the NFLPA, what the heck are they doing w/ that $$$???? more comercials???
yeah, never really liked them...
now, a organization like the Red Cross...they can't afford Commercials, but they do all the work....that's an organization I don't mind givin to....
speakin of red cross(via Amazon)...:
Total Collected: $6,886,525.73
# of Payments: 175588
The number sent for 9/11 support is ~$520 million. That's from the mouth of the Red Crosses PR person.
Markel
10-26-2001, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by attgig
now, a organization like the Red Cross...they can't afford Commercials, but they do all the work....that's an organization I don't mind givin to....
That's the way I feel, too. I wonder what United Way's "output to input" percentage is?
Top official for the Red Cross was forced out today for their handling of Sept 11th donations.
Grimm
10-26-2001, 03:07 PM
My sister once dated an executive for The United Way. They have increadable facilities for their executives. Two top rate spas (including sauna and hot tubs), limos, private jet, the works. THey live like kings. What exactly does the Untied Way do? I can't tell you off the top of my head.
The Red Cross uses les than 6% of it's contributions for administrative overhead. In some branches it's 4%. That's very low for a charity. What does the Red Cross do? Off the top of my head: Collects blood for hospitals and emergencies. In any didaster they are there to help. When other organizations like the National Guard, Police, or any other relief organization are still trying to organize a response, they are pulling up at the scene with food, shelter, clothing and medical support. Anytime someone is displaced from their home by a disaster (no matter how small) your house burns down? Red Cross is there. They will make sure you have a place to sleep, clothes on your back, and food in your belly. They will help you contact relatives and help relatives contact you.
And this is just off the top of my head.
I will never give The United Way a dime. I will give blood and money to the Red Cross whenever they need it. If I am ever unfortunate enough to need them, I know the Red Cross will be there.
PuTangClan
10-26-2001, 05:54 PM
Originally posted by Grimm
I will never give The United Way a dime. I will give blood and money to the Red Cross whenever they need it. If I am ever unfortunate enough to need them, I know the Red Cross will be there.
I completly agree, screw the United Way. When they learn to allocate their money appropriatly then I will give them some money.
Red Cross all the way. Forget the United Way.
Burzhui
10-26-2001, 10:31 PM
Okely dokely no money for them, i do donate blood though, so if Red Cross needs it i'm there
Two Cents
10-27-2001, 03:22 AM
DAMN!!!!! I knew I read something bad 'bout the United Way in grade school, but since it is such a big thing at Sprint to donate to them, I thought they would be okay. Our employees donated 2.6 million to them this year...DAMN DAMN DAMN...I want my 2 fithy back
The Red Cross isnt an angelic organization either. All of the blood collected after 9-11 was done so for new york victims. The truth of the matter is that very few blood transfusions were performed and there was never any shortage. They exploited the event to gain money and blood from our citizens. Althought the money is going to a good cause: relatives of victims
Burzhui
10-27-2001, 08:17 AM
Originally posted by Y2J
The Red Cross isnt an angelic organization either. All of the blood collected after 9-11 was done so for new york victims. The truth of the matter is that very few blood transfusions were performed and there was never any shortage. They exploited the event to gain money and blood from our citizens. Althought the money is going to a good cause: relatives of victims
Ok they never said there is too many people who will need blood transfusuions what they did say is that, all the people hurt will most likely require blood tranfusions... and because the estimate was 6000 hurt/deal/missing people at the time, they needed as much blood as possible, especially 0 negative...
They were just preparing for the worst
Burzhui
10-27-2001, 08:19 AM
Originally posted by Two Cents
DAMN!!!!! I knew I read something bad 'bout the United Way in grade school, but since it is such a big thing at Sprint to donate to them, I thought they would be okay. Our employees donated 2.6 million to them this year...DAMN DAMN DAMN...I want my 2 fithy back
Dude do you work for sprint or sprint pcs?
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