"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I am Tosk wrote:
In article c6885ae7-04aa-4288-ab4c-e093901e1651@
21g2000vbh.googlegroups.com, says...
On Jan 14, 11:13 pm, "Bill McKee" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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Harry Krause wrote:
The 3 charities below spend less than 6% of their contribution on
admen
and fund raising and can handle the logistics in Haiti.
www.directrelief.org
www.pih.org
www.americares.org
www.watermissions.org
www.savethechildren.org
Also the Adventist Foundation
Also the Salvation
Armyhttp://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf/vw-news/3BA710B2E3E570788...
Those are good with fine reputations. But there's lots of warnings
about bogus charities springing up too. I got a call today from some
one for the "Haitian National Relief Fund" , when i heard the
typical "boiler room" in the background, I hung up. But legit or not,
I won't donate over the phone, especially to those who wish credit
card info.

Red Cross, Salvation Army... Why go anywhere else and pay someone to set
up in Haiti when The RC is already there?

Scotty

Actually the first 4 charities were listed as the best choice for
contributing to Haiti by Charity Navigator, because of there strong
logistical network already in Haiti, and because greater than 94% of the
contributions go to those intended.

Red Cross sucks!

Good lord..we may finally agree on something. Up here the Red Cross was
involved in the 'tainted blood' scandal in the 1980s. As far as I know, not
one of their leaders was charged or punished for pushing bad blood tainted
with hep C. I haven't had much use for them since, but in this type of
emergency they are probably one of the best outfits to support.