On Sep 2, 2005, at 11:28 AM, Pam Rice wrote:
There was a posting on the ABC news message board about the Red Cross not getting most of funds raised for disaster relief to the victims with figures from the 9 - 11 and our 1989 earthquake relief drives. I wonder about the person's credibility, so I'm not going to repeat it. But I do know that the Red Cross uses the funds raised for relief efforts to support their salaried personnel to a larger extent than most would like.
Personally, while I can't donate much, my donations will be going to Habitat for Humanity. True, they won't help Right Now, but they will help rebuild homes for the poor -- and a lot of the people currently stranded and/or suffering clearly fall into that category.
When they build a home, they write an interest-free mortgage for the actual cost of the home. Since much of the labor and materials are donated (though they do hire foundation, electrical, and plumbing contractors), a typical Habitat home costs about $46,000 in the US.
