[SEL] Make your donation here

[Arnie Fero]

Hi Jerry,

>          I went with the Red Cross on the suggestion of most of the
> Aussies. The Red Cross is not going to take any "Admin costs" - everything
> is going toward helping victims one way or another  and they are a
> reputable organisation.

That was one aspect that I found very attractive.

> They also send you a nice letter of thanks and a
> receipt for the "tax man" - obviously automatically generated but that's
> quite acceptable under the circumstances.

How long did that take to receive?

>          Much better than donations to an African Charity - you should just
> see the salaries, the cars and the homes of the "trustees" of the "Nelson
> Mandela Childrens Fund". I have a lot of respect for Mr. Mandela himself
> but the fund is not administered by him.

Here in the States, there was a classic scandal along those lines involving the
United Way.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Aramony

> Here is the link for donations to the Aussie Red Cross:
> <https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp>
>          Another "plus" is that the whole thing is quite painless (just
> have your credit card details ready). The site is very fast and extremely
> easy to use. A feather in their caps!
> Hopefully it will slow down a bit as soon as all you "Yanks" start logging
> on to make donations :-)

No worries on that score Jerry.  The Yanks are hitting the website while the Aussies
are sleeping and vice versa.  It just helps to even out the load.

See ya,  Arnie




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