May Clyde, I called the Red Cross, wanting to get in touch with my older son who was on his ship off the coast of Viet Nam. I wanted him to know about his young brother' being in the accident.. I had allthe needed info, name, service number, ship, etc. He was the Captain's secretary so he wouldn't have been hard to find. Right, there are good and bad in every group of folks. Thanks for your response. Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary R Mungo" <MRMungo@Comporium.net> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Relief organizations > Gosh Belle and Joyce!!!! You've made me feel bad... I've been volunteering > with the American Red Cross for over two years. Some volunteers are given > the AFES [Armed Forces Emergency Services] pager for a week at a time. We > get calls, in the middle of the night, from people who need to get in touch > with their loved one who is in service when there is an emergency, sickness > of an immediate family member, birth of their child, death of an immediate > family member, etc... no matter where they are. We have one paid employee > in our local office during the day... the others volunteer their time. If > your son was talked to the way that you say, he should have reported that > person the next day to the person in charge at the Red Cross office in the > county where he resided. Was this your son? Or was this passed on from > someone who had this 'very bad' experience? If this had happened through > our local Red Cross chapter that person would no longer be a volunteer here > and he would get an apology from the top brass. I don't know about the > money... but, those people have to live too, therefore there is a salary > involved. I know, most of them probably make too much, but they are on call > day and night. When I went to California during the San Diego Fires, I > dropped everything to go and do what I could for those poor people who, some > of them, had lost everything that they had and THEY appreciated what little > we did. We didn't feel like we were doing that much. Even though we worked > 10 hours a day, feeding them and setting up cots and listening to them... > and some of them really had touching stories to tell. There were several > nights that we cried ourselves to sleep. There are good and bad people in > everything! I'm sorry that you have a 'bad taste' in your mouth for the Red > Cross, but I've seen some of what they do and I am proud to be a volunteer > with the AMERICAN RED CROSS... > MaryClyde > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <belleshep@cox.net> > To: "Joyce Ragels" <jragels@comcast.net>; > <KYHeritageFolklore@yahoogroups.com>; <homespun@rootsweb.com>; > <southern-chat@rootsweb.com>; <REMEmberingwhen@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:31 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Relief organizations > > > > In October 1965 one son was on his Navy ship off the coast of Viet Nam.His > > younger brother was in a terrible auto accident in Northen California, not > > expected to live. I called the Red Cross to ask if they could get in touch > > with the Navy brother. A very curt, nasty male voice said, "When he dies, > > call us back and we'll see what we can do! and slammed down the phone > > before > > I could say another word. The brother slowly recovered from the accident. > > When my boss told me they were going to deduct so much money from our > > paychecks to donate to the Red Cross, I let him have "it" and gave my > > notice, so did another gal in the office.I was planning to leave before > > the > > end of the year but this gave me a good opportunity to have my say on the > > matter of donations, etc. > > Belle > > > > Belle > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joyce Ragels" <jragels@comcast.net> > > To: "ETM" <ETMaddox@verizon.net> > > Cc: <MEMORY-LANE@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:32 AM > > Subject: Re: [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Relief organizations > > > > > >> Many are just big corporations that operate under different rules because > > they are charities. When most of the money received goes for > > administrative > > and operational costs, there is just something wrong with that picture. > > If > > they can't give away the majority of what they receive, I don't consider > > them a charity. Just for grins, try reading one of their financial > > sheets. > >> > >> I have the most respect for the Salvation Army and always give to them. > >> > >> The Red Cross is not what it should be. When my husband first joined the > > service, his pay got all messed up and he didn't get paid when he should. > > He came was a dirt poor family so had almost no money with him when he > > arrived. He went to the Red Cross, told them what happened, asked to > > borrow > > $20 until he got paid for toiletries. The not only told him no, but said > > they couldn't help him get any either. He was not the only American > > soldier > > who got screwed by the Red Cross. He swore that for as long as he lived, > > he > > would never give them not one red cent, and he didn't. Because of his > > experience, neither will I. > >> > >> J > >> > >> Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming > > gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust > >> http://community.webshots.com/user/jragels > >> > >> > >> > The subject is > >> > >> > Relief organizations > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > --- > > avast! 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