Is the Red Cross a bad organization?

I heard bad things about them last year during the floor

Red Cross is like the IRS. They just want your money.

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Salvation Army >>> Red Cross

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This is accurate. A lot more of their money goes direct to the source.

The Red Cross really dropped the ball in the Louisiana flooding last year. If you do donate, make sure it goes specifically to Harvey disaster recovery and not just their general fund. I'd rather donate to the Salvation Army or something local.

I dont know, but my grandfather despises them. Hes gone now, but apparently they were a shitty group of people back around ww2.

Once the Red Cross took over a shelter, the only food allowed in that shelter was from approved vendors.

Several friends that flooded are more willing to sell their souls before giving a penny to the Red Cross, each for different reasons.

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supply jena 6 protest

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Now there's a protest I hadn't heard about in a while

Yes. They have inordinately high "costs", meaning their executives pay themselves well. Meanwhile they were serving flood victims here in Baton Rouge four chicken nuggets as a "meal", all while turning down donations from local people in favor of distributing crap they were buying from their "partners".

frick the Red Cross.

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not sure, but they were the first people into new orleans feeding first responders a day or 2 after Katrina

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Feeding people does not cost much and it is a feel good thing that people can see, the Red Cross is notorious for that type of thing. They will raise money after a disaster and only a small percentage of the money is applied to that disaster, they justify it by claiming they provided as much money as was needed and need the surplus funding available for future disasters so they can respond immediately.