[SEL] Make your donation here

[peter ogborne]

To you all ,even living a couple of thousand Km from where this tragedy has 
hapened the response has been so wonderful  , business has donated so 
generously as have individuals .I heard some one on the radio saying that he 
would donate his late model Holden Rodeo Ute  and a trucky responded and 
said he would transport it over to Victria from West Australia .I am so 
grateful the way the response has come in from everyone ,we will have these 
people in our hearts forever.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Cc: <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Make your donation here


> 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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