I remember when Elizabeth Dole was drafted to fix the bad odor they were emanating. I thought that was a one off and in all my years have never heard rumors of bad behaviour. Don't know if this is just pile on but now I am reading of issues going back to WW II. Before moving to Bonfils country I always let them have my blood. In fact I had no idea there was anyone else.
"The American Red Cross has become a man-made disaster. It wasted millions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy aid through mismanagement and poor judgment. It compounded the problem by covering up its errors, hiring lawyers to prevent the public from finding out what happened to its donations.
Earlier this year, I expressed my disappointment in the Red Cross. It had raised $312 million for storm relief, but then stonewalled on how the money was spent.
This morning, we found out why. Thanks to the dogged investigation by Justin Elliott and Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica and Laura Sullivan of NPR, we learned how poorly the Red Cross responded to the Sandy disaster. Their article "The Red Cross’ Secret Disaster" is must reading for anyone who contributes to philanthropies."...
They've been off the list of charities supported in our home after their behavior in the wake of Columbine and we haven't seen any improvement in the organization since that time . . .
Sad when an organization cares more about their image than thier mission. I always start to wonder when I see the charities that pay their exec's triple digits. Shouldn't they have better uses for that money?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
PrintSmith wrote: They've been off the list of charities supported in our home after their behavior in the wake of Columbine and we haven't seen any improvement in the organization since that time . . .
What, exactly, was their "behavior" in the wake of Columbine?
Nobody that matters wrote: Salvation Army seems to be better at quick effective responses to disasters.
Nobody, the thrust of the article was disaster response. Not just ineffective but bad behavior. From my link:
..."• Red Cross supervisors ordered dozens of empty trucks to be driven around, “just to be seen,” in lieu of delivering relief supplies.
• Emergency response vehicles and other assets were also diverted from disaster aid to be seen as backdrops at news conferences for PR purposes; the Red Cross did this after other storms too, including Hurricane Isaac.
Perhaps most damning is evidence that the Red Cross fabricated claims of how many people were actually served by the charity. The Red Cross said that “17 million meals and snacks were delivered, there were 74,000 overnight stays in shelters, more than 7 million relief items like blankets and flashlights.” Internal documents cast doubt on those numbers, saying the charity’s ability to actually count what was delivered was “crippled.”
Now we know why the Red Cross hired the law firm Gibson Dunn to fight public disclosures of how Sandy money was spent. Gibson Dunn distinguished itself by making the absurd claim that Sandy activities were a “trade secret.” Eventually, the Red Cross backed away from that stance."...
