Posted on 12/13/2014 5:24:46 AM PST by NYer
My father was in WWII and Korea and he hated the Red Cross because they used to charge for a cup of coffee.
He always said the only charity he supported was the Salvation Army.
I wonder how much the Salvation Army's CE makes compared with the United Way extortion scam's CEO. Are Catholics cool with them?
We have become so leery of what goes on behind the scenes with charities....we’re extremely selective when it comes to giving. St. Judes research hospital is worthy of support, IMO.
I’m not buying what this article is selling, though, and I won’t stop giving to the red kettle.
The thread has served one good purpose for me, however. I’ve been cleaning out closets and I have loads of practically new things to donate. I don’t know why I didn’t think of the Salvation Army...I think I’ll call and see if they can use them. Maybe the clothes will actually end up on a needy person’s body instead of sold to make recycled fiber.
We stopped giving to WWP when they went through their anti-gun phase (refused to appear on a gun talk radio show) and it was determined their “giving to actual cause” dollars weren’t as high as other organizations, like The Fisher House. Who knows whether or not they’ve “evolved”, but they lost us as supporters.
The WWP topic has been discussed, here, on several threads.
FYI, here are some links to a post and thread that lists their overall rating (as well as other orgs)...
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=3150913%2C2
and
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3090003/posts
This is too bad. They were once a great organization.
During the big floods in 1993, I saw what the Salvation Army does in disasters. While the Red Cross was holding press conferences, the SA was serving hot meals to volunteers (including me), passing out clean up kits for people whose homes were flooded and helping people in every way possible. They never sought any publicity...just did their job helping people. I may not 100% agree with their politics, but I have no problem giving to the SA because I know that money will be well spent in the community.
Papists not concerned one bit by what Protestants do ping!
Really??? I didn’t know....got any info on this? I’ll also look into it.
Do know there are some FRoman Catholics who openly wish America was a Catholic Monarchy?
Me neither. One time, many, many years ago, the SA gave me something like $15. But it meant a lot to me at the time.
I’ve paid it forward, even just counting the red kettles, many, many times over and I’m thankful to do it.
My dad said the same thing.
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Salvation Army and Planned Parenthood: What’s the Connection?
Still waiting for their answer.... the article provides nothing.
It asks a question and never gives an answer but then pretends like there was a bad answer.
“Salvation Army and Planned Parenthood: What’s the Connection?”
No connection was actually stated
Amen to them; been doing that for a LONG time.
As a Catholic Monarchist I want to say that, though I believe that a faithful Catholic monarchy is the best form of government and that one day there will be such a government, in the meantime I fully support making do with the system we currently have. Any drastic change is entirely up to the will of God.
In order to determine collusion between the Salvation Army and Planned Parenthood, we must look at material cooperation as well as monetary support.
I'd hardly call this "no connection stated."
Too funny, the coincidence is. That the Red Cross does this is anything but humerus and boy do their execs rake in the dough.
I prefer to donate to my Church as I know where the money goes and we don’t have one of those dopy Pastors that say God has instructed them to build a new Church. A church to honor God, or the Pastor, hmmmm, I wonder?
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