The Salvation Army

[labworm]

So who is helping all our people, who have lost so much after the recent weather destruction down south.

One group that is always there, and the one I truly respect.
Just read a little:

The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army Responds to Widespread Tornado Activity

 

[m1gunner]

All the major news sources are pimping for the red cross (as usual).

The Salvation Army is the one charity I respect. The money goes where they say it will.

 

[27145]

The Salvation Army is the one true Charity that really helps. I witnessed it at the World Trade Center in 2001. The Red Cross used a lot of donated 911 money to buy themselves new computers etc. This is not to disparage many a good Red Cross volunteer who donated their time at the WTC. The Red Cross board is HIGHLY paid, while they recruit good hearted volunteers. I pray for all the RC and SA volunteers who were present at the WTC site. They were in the trenches and probably shortened their lifespan.

The SA gets a higher % of the money to the people who need it.

 

[redlevel]

The Salvation Army is always a good choice for charitable donations with the knowledge that your money is spent wisely, and on what you meant it to be spent for. I only donate (in addition to my regular contributions to my Church) to one other charity: Southern Baptist Disaster Relief.

Baptists responding to historic tornado outbreak

Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is known more for establishing feeding stations for victims, first responders, and relief workers than for anything else, but according to this article from their website, they are being used for search and rescue efforts, which is a first, according to the article. My Church regularly sends money to SBDR, earmarked for specific areas, and I'm sure we will do it this time. I recall that after Katrina hit NO, the head of SBDR said that the Red Cross had asked for SBDR and The Salvation Army to plan on providing 30,000 hot meals per day for an indefinite period in NO and a couple of places in Mississippi.

State Baptist Disaster Relief units provide food as well as helping with clean-up work with chain saws and sometimes heavy equipment, all provided by volunteers. I am retired now, and have the time to take part in such efforts, but I'm too old and fat with too many trips to the orthopedic surgeon's table to be anything but a liability in that capacity. I can, however, donate a little financially.
Georgia Baptist Convention - Response Site Update

 

[captorquewrench]

I prefer giving through the Nazarenes and SA also for exactly why redlevel said.

Paul Desmond had no heirs, so all royalties from "Take Five" go to the Red Cross. I figure with how much I get asked to play that, I've already given enough to the Red Cross from that song.

 

[Rule 303]

Ask any Troop whose been in Combat and needed to contact home and who helped the most. The Salvation Army is the correct answer.

Rule 303

 

[cowboy117]

+1 on the Salvation Army.

 

[armadillo]

My Dad trained me to give to the Salvation Army.

During WWII he was in overseas and the Red Cross charged the GIs for coffe and donuts. The Salvation Army would not even take a donation from the GIs.

 

[Shootemup]

I give to my broker. He, in turn invests it. It spreads to all areas of the economy and ultimately, this ends up helping everyone!

 

[T-mans-son]

My opinion only, The Red Cross HAS to be there.
The Salvation Army WANTS to be there.
They are both good, just one of them is better.
They do however complement each other.
My vote is the Salvation Army A+.

 

[GRIZZLYBEAR]

I donate to the Salvation Army, never a penny to the Red Cross

 

[LTC]

My Father was in the ETO from December of '42 to June of '45. He had the same expearence as another poster's father. You paid for the Red Cross refreshments and the Salvation Army was free.

He hasn't fogotten this almost 70 years later.

LTC

 

[JohnnieB]

The only thing I have voluntarily donated to the Red Cross since 17-Aug-1969 is my O-Neg blood.
I directly observed the operational differences between RA and SA in the immediate and subsequent aftermath of Hurricane Camille.
Since then, my disaster relief monetary donations have been to or through the Salvation Army.

I was an NCO attending an advanced electronics school at the time and had the honor of leading work details of young men and women (enlisted students from Kessler AFB) into Biloxi and the surrounding areas, getting to see both RC and SA disaster relief in action on the front lines in devastated areas.
SA was on the scene passing out food and clothing within hours while RC arrived the next day, selling coffee and donuts.

RC may have been doing other things behind the scenes, but from the boots on the ground perspective, they came in a distant third in a two contestant race.

 

[JayCeeNC]

I've had the opportunity to see both the Red Cross and the Salvation Army in action.
I only give to one charity--The Salvation Army.

 

[Bat Guano]

Years ago I volunteered to take over the military contact job locally for the RC, thinking my prior work skills would sort of relate. The old bat running the local chapter only wanted to have endless BS meetings instead of just getting the job done, and I had already had enough of that in my prior life. I declined to waste my time as directed, and they decided that they didn't need me after all. I guess what we had was a "failure to communicate".

Years ago I saw the SA down in the trenches with the lost and forsaken, and I was impressed. They weren't faking it. Every Christmas I make it a point to put something in the pot. Dumb bell and all.

 

[jag312]

During WW2 my mother was a nurse in a military hospital. Although she was not specific of the reasons, she said that the Red Cross were hypocrites and that the wounded GIs hated the Red Cross. the Red Cross publicly claimed to give maximum assistance to wounded GIs, while in reality they gave minimum assistance.

Don't take offense, but here is Judy Henske's song about the Salvation Army.

YouTube - Salvation Army Song - Judy Henske