Salvation Army = PETA of human charities?
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In the last couple days, Teekachu and later slysquirrel made reference to this LJ post lambasting the Salvation Army. (Read the post if you want to see why, but they make good arguments, and the few places I've looked to verify the facts seem to corroborate most of the claims made in said entry: It appears the Salvation Army is a proselytizing church ( Read more... )
In the last couple days, Teekachu and later slysquirrel made reference to this LJ post lambasting the Salvation Army. (Read the post if you want to see why, but they make good arguments, and the few places I've looked to verify the facts seem to corroborate most of the claims made in said entry: It appears the Salvation Army is a proselytizing church ( Read more... )
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Red Cross has been blasted for advertising for aid from disasters that they did very little to help in.
All I know is that in three different floods, in different areas of the country, the people I knew that were affected were helped by the Salvation Army and never saw the Red Cross. Not exactly scientific proof that they're any better and I'm sure there are circumstances with other results. I guess all you can do is check out what looks like a really promising charity and see what you can dig up.
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Since 2003, gamers have banded together through registered Seattle-based charity, Child's Play. Over a million dollars in donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children's hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since our inception.
We collect no administrative fees or other charges, 100% of all gifts and donations go directly to our partner hospitals, to help make life a little brighter for a sick child.
Free Geek- Oregon-based Think Salvation Army but for Linux, and not discriminatory. Donate money or old computer parts. They raise money by selling used computer equipment, and use this to provide free equipment to organizations like Veterans for Peace. They were burglarized recently, so any donations there would be extra-needed.
Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Incorporated in 1972 as a central warehouse for Spokane food pantries, Second Harvest (then the Spokane Food Bank) distributed food to 13 city and county ( ... )
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Or just going down to the local grocery store and buying the "meal in a bag" things they have out this time of year. I think they go straight to needy families.
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