Posted by Vince on October 25, 2001 at 16:05:48:
Heard this from one of Debbie's co-workers - her neighbor, living in one of the apartment building close to Ground Zero bragged to Debbie's co-worker about what they were able to get away with the Red Cross. Since they had no place to live - all that they could find was a room at the Plaza Hotel ($$$$). The rooms alone cost $300 per night & they of course ate lavishly. As long as they had their receipts then the Red Cross will fully reimburse them since there were no procedures setup to limit or cap these kinds of costs. How can anybody stoop so low? Uggh!!! This puts a new twist to the meaning of the phrase "all donations go to the victims..." Meanwhile, the people who need the money like the pregnant wife gets only a $400 company pay check from her deceased husband's company. I guess that they still do not know how to properly apply all the money that was donated.
I used to give but have since stopped donating to the United Way. Heard that most of the money people send go toward adminstrative costs (such as postage & advertising) and that one of the chief executive receives a hefty $300,000 salary.