[MR] Fundraising for Hurricane relief.

[Susan Campbell]

Regarding the American Red Cross, as someone who spent
a year working as a temp at the National Headquarters.
. . .

Actually the money is managed by a professional staff
at the American Red Cross National Headquarters in
Washington DC.  The people you see on the street and
actually doing the work are mostly volunteers.

By law if you write a check to the Disaster Relief
fund and put a specific disaster in the memo field the
money MUST go to that disaster and only that disaster.
 Sometimes this leads to a surplus for some disasters
while the general fund is tapped dry for smaller local
stuff.

Checks and donations that are for the general fund can
be used for any disaster, that includes large scale
flooding as we saw in 1993-1994(?), annual fire season
out west, hurricane relief, etc.  General fund money
also goes to the relief of families and individuals
that are victims of smaller floods, smaller fires,
smaller and more local disasters.  

Having seen it in action and up close (I was there
during the flood season in the early 90's).  I write
my checks to the general fund.  

I did witness that the floods along the Mississippi
got sufficient funds, while the apartment complex that
burned down the relief workers didn't have sufficient
budget for supplies.

My two cents on the topic.  I hope that clarifies.

Yours in Service,
Aislinn ingen Niall
mka Sumo/Susan Campbell
--- Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com> wrote:

> In addition to what Calli said...
> 
> As one who did data entry of donation checks while I
> was unemployed around 9/11....
> 
> Individuals can write a check to the American Red
> Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
> 
> In the FOR section you can put a specific disaster
> and
> they will sort those out and try to get that money
> to
> the specific area 
> 
> If you don't put anything in the FOR section it will
> go to a general fund.
> 
> 
> Just remember it's all volunteers trying to manage
> that money.
> 
> 
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> --- Scott Callicutt <sfcallic at pams.ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Before groups run off to do fundraising for
> > hurricane relief please 
> > remember
> > that AS an SCA group you are not allowed to raise
> > funds and send them 
> > to the
> > Red Cross under a condition that they help ONLY
> SCA
> > people.
> > 
> > 
> > The only acceptable practice is to raise the money
> > to be donated to the 
> > Red Cross
> > (or other aid agency) and to put NO stipulation on
> > it, other than 
> > sending it to their general fund.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Callixtus Gill - Fundraising Deputy Atlantia
> > 
> >
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