Posted on 08/22/2016 6:42:18 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
After historic floods drove thousands from their homes this past week, Brandi Lipsey drove from her hometown in Concordia Parish to Ascension Parish with a trailer full of brand new medical supplies.
She arrived at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center, where hundreds of evacuees were being housed. But the shelter, which receives support from the American Red Cross, rejected her haul of wheel chairs, crutches, canes, diabetic supplies and other goods like clothes and water, Lipsey said.
She wasn't allowed to bring her donations inside of the facility, so people in the shelter, many of whom left their homes with only the clothes on their backs, came outside to her trailer where she handed out goods directly.
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My favorite was from a few years ago (Katrina I think) where the Red Cross wanted the Salvation Army and Southern Baptist relief workers to wear Red Cross T-shirts.
In 1935, my grandfather and family were refused mattresses by the Red Cross in Galveston Texas, after loosing their home due to a hurricane, unless they paid for them. Generations of my family have been taught to stay away from the Red Cross and government hand-outs.
The head of the Salvation Army only collects $24,000 a year in salary. Compare that to the Red Cross head and United Way.
I agree, also do not forget Samaritans Purse.
F#CK THE RED CROSS, they are nothing but money grubbing &SSHOLES.
I will only donate to the SALVATION ARMY, PERIOD.
Guess I will have to check out SAMARITANS PURSE, could always use another good one.
I give frequently and generously to the SALVATION ARMY; just don’t care about my wallet when I see those folks, they EARNED IT.
My recollection is that the policies and operations of the Red Cross have been the subject of controversy for years. I cannot recall the specific controversial issues, but they are presumably a matter of public record.
Amazingly, my father had a similar view of the Salvation Army vs. The Red Cross - for the services they provided to soldiers during WWII! It looks like little has changed in 75 years.
My pops tells the same story about the RC trying to charge military cleanup crews for coffee in the aftermath of Camille, in Biloxi, MS. The Salvation Army, otoh, drove around (and sometimes walked with a wagon) to hand out hot coffee and food to anyone who needed it - no charge.
Red Cross is a usury organization that would fit right in with the Clinton Foundation.
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