Wounded Warrior Project Email Exchange (With Gun Talk Radio)

Facebook, Gun Talk ^ | 13NOV12 | Tom Gresham

[Geoffrey]

The disgust is towards wwp & charities gone bad — not veterans.

I suspect wwp will change their policy in a few months when they see what damage they have done to their brand...but it will be too late.

Check out their 501c3 filings...pretty interesting reading.

[SJSAMPLE]

They’re sort of like the NRA.
I give to them on a monthly CC charge, but they send me calendars, dog tags, etc. to get me to give more.

I’m sure that at some point, it becomes counterproductive (marginal costs > marginal revenue).

But, they do great work and I’m gonna continue to support them.

[frankenMonkey]

Just found this comment at the Ranking Website:

"$4,000,000 plus for , from what I can find out, 14 board members?? c'mon, thats an average of $285,714 per year salary"

I can't vouch for its accuracy, however.

[JDoutrider]

Will sadly pass this on to my Vets list and others. GD it! They have been compromised! Another one bites the dust...

[spacejunkie2001]

I just cancelled my monthly donation. I was giving them $25/month. Pretty pathetic that they would adopt crazy positions like this but yet they’ll cozy up to Playboy.

Idiots.

[ruesrose]

You urge me to support any other group but this one? That is exactly what I am saying. We call our wounded “wounded warriors.” That is not exactly including the WWP, is it? Money or goods I donate to the Fisher House or the VA goes to help our wounded (warriors) or sick veterans. It does not go through the Wounded Warrior Project and has nothing to do with them.
If you ae are concerned about your money going to worthwhile charities, check the Fisher House website and you will be impressed, I promise you.

Miss Judy

[ruesrose]

If you visit the website of Fisher House you will be gratgified to see how they spend the donations. You can designate which Fisher House you wish to receive your donation or you can put it in the general fund and it will be divided between them.

[Marie]

My husband stayed at the Fisher House in Austin when I had my spinal surgery. It was good for him to have a close place to grab some sleep for the 10 days I was admitted.

We lived an hour and a half from the hospital and it would’ve been hell for him to do that commute with the stress he was under.

We also stayed in the FH while my son was sick when he was a baby. Two weeks of hell. The FH made it bearable. We were broke and they let us stay for free.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The CEO gets over $300K.

[ruesrose]

I am glad to know you had a positive experience. Our local Fisher House in Augusta GA is on the grounds of the Charlie Norwood VAMC. There are 19 bedrooms and they are almost always full with up to 3 in a room.
It is as beautiful as a 5 star hotel and no one is ever charged for staying there. Some stay for months.
A mother and her two children recently stayed while her spouse was going though blind rehab. That is just one of the state of the art departments in the Charlie Norwood VAMC
I am quite proud of that hospital and of course the Fisher House.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us here on FR. I hope you and your family are all healthy now.
Miss Judy

[jboot]

Please think about what you are doing!

Perhaps that sentiment should be directed at WWP instead. They will get nothing from me unless they publically repudiate this policy. Money is scarce and I am already forced to surrender far to much of it to organizations who work against my interests (read The Government). I'll not do so voluntarily.

[Truth2012]

Ok. I will look into that, yes. I agree not to punish the wounded, and they do deserve support.

[Jane Long]

Thanks for mentioning The Fisher House. Great resource deserving of donations. In addition to monetary donations, I also try and send them lap/regular quilts and goody boxes w/phone cards, etc for those visiting.

[Big Mack]

I got quite upset after reading this post. I went and told my wife about these scammers. She has been in nonprofit fund raising for over twenty years, so she pulled the WWP form 990. Last year WWP took in 123 million in contributions.
Their expenses were 108 million, with only 90 mil to programs and 14 million to fund raising. Their CEO banked a salary of 320K.
Her opinion of this group was almost as bad as the Red Cross. She wouldn't let me piss in their contribution plate.

[Betteboop]

I participated in the NYC Veterans’ Day Parade last Sunday, with another organization, and was stunned to see what seemed like a thousand participants from the WWP. They had tents set up in an area between 28th and 29th Sts, just off 5th Ave. There they were handing out blue drizzler jackets to all their “volunteers” along with handing out thousands of lic plate frames and other “souveniers” They also had food and entertainment there. I did see some wounded warriors, but I was still amazed at the number of volunteers they had.....and wondered what they did, other than get a jacket? Those jackets had to cost a pretty penny....or dollar, with inflation! Just how much of their income actually goes to the our service members?

[Tainan]

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