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Old Sep 2, 2017, 8:39 am
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Nanook
 
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Originally Posted by EWRMAN
Before giving to the Red Cross you may like to read this:

https://www.propublica.org/article/t...ecret-disaster
I remember after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, people were donating to the Red Cross left and right thinking what they donated would go directly to those in need for that particular disaster. A couple of years later, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that there was over $2million not distributed, yet there were people living in temporary housing all over the SF Bay Area and the Monterey Bay Area. Since then I always will find an alternative to RC.
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