Is this the megachurch recently featured prominently as ‘not’ providing shelter? The 30,000 member number was the same for ‘that’ church.
These persons sure have an interesting way of defining ‘doing the Lord’s work’ don’t they?
Is this the megachurch recently featured prominently as ‘not’ providing shelter? The 30,000 member number was the same for ‘that’ church.
These persons sure have an interesting way of defining ‘doing the Lord’s work’ don’t they?
No this a different one in Georgia. One phenomenon I am seeing is that at least in Suburban Atlanta, is that megachurches are displacing the smaller churches. There are like 7 huge megachurches within 10 miles from my home. In a way is good news it will be easier to start taxing them.
I’m not saying the article or Pro Publica are wrong, just there’s an active push on social media platforms to discredit the Red Cross and it’s much, much “louder”, on conservative forums and from conservative users…just noting a trend I’ve seen in the past year specifically around the Red Cross.
Huh. I guess they don’t want people in need to get any help, unless it’s from a church? (I gave to the Islamic Society of Greater Houston after Harvey because the Houston Chronicle and other outlets were reporting they had opened multiple shelters in local mosques – and I knew it would infuriate Trumpster., so a two-fer.)
In other words, exactly the game plan that Tillerson has brought to State. And look how much more streamlined and efficient our response to international events has become!
On a couple of occasions I encountered them trying to sell food and water to disaster victims and aid workers. Haven’t wanted to help them since. There are real charities that don’t have 7 figure executives.
This is due to Red Cross CEO McGovern and her stupid ideas. She was a former AT&T executive who decided to slash the amount of Red Cross chapters in the country by over half.
We need national public service announcements warning people not to give money to scams like the current Red Cross.
That’s not too surprising though, nor is it inherently terrible.
No charitable organization actually wants you to restrict your gift–ever. If they thought you knew better than they did how to spend money, they’d ask you to be on the board. Those that let you, do so because restricted money is better than no money at all.
I have no dog in any fight involving the Red Cross or how well it’s run, so I’m entirely persuadable that their priorities or their administration is all “out of whack” to use the phrase of the day. But all the more reason for governments to ensure that they can handle their own affairs without relying on the Red Cross to the point where they’re outraged when it doesn’t show up.
The Red Cross is always the last to show up. Even back in the 1970’s when I used to help with sandbagging before floods, it was the Salvation Army that provided coffee, sandwiches and then later housing for those who had to flee for higher ground.
Never trust a charity run be the likes of Elizabeth Dole who bungled Katrina relief efforts and then took the 911 donations to buy new cars for all the Red Cross executives.
The reputation of the American Red Cross in NYC is dirt after their behavior in Sandy. This post seems to suggest that all this is right wing disinformation. But we saw it up close - The Red Cross walks around ands poses but doesn’t do the work, kinda like Trump. Charity Navigator gives it 3/4 stars, based on their paperwork. their one negative recently has been “There has been a diversion of assets within the last two years and the charity has used Schedule O on the Form 990 to explain: the nature of the diversion, the amount of money or property involved and the corrective action taken to address the matter.” But Charity Navigator has no way of assessing the quality of the charitable work they do, only if their paperwork looks good.
Houston councilman tells residents not to donate to Red Cross
Is it any wonder that J.J. Watt was more trusted with people’s donations?
To paraphrase DJT, Lazy Texans want everything done for them! But wait, Texans pick themselves up by their bootstraps every time, don’t they?. I’m confused.
I stopped giving to the RC years ago because of the bloated salaries of executives. There are too many with wages in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. You don’t work for a charity to get rich.
Guys, guys! You have no idea how much our Manhattan head office costs, plus the rent on office/penthouses for our executives. Plus. cabfares, bitch!. A standard Mocha Latte, $13, with NO sprinkles! We’ve pared things to the bone…
What do you want from us, blood???
Exactly! We wouldn’t have actual accountability, but we’d have “access to” it.
At least Joel Osteen’s Lakewood mega-church was pro-active in sheltering and feeding storm victims to its full 16,000+ capacity. Oh wait…
I know when W was Pres that he nominated lots of right wingers to the Red Cross board and filled management with right wingers. I see we are now seeing the effects of that.
Back in the 1970’s and 1980’s, my father sold very high-end furniture in Manhattan. Though he was happy for the commissions, he was rather taken aback that the ARC was outfitting several floors of executive offices with the desks, chairs, etc., that he sold. Asking them to stick to government-style gray steel might have been a bit much, but watching them buy dozens of hand-carved mahogany desks at $7k a pop was a bit appalling.
we’ve got a park near where i live that has black squirrels. you can imagine where they are on the acorn list.