I'm willing to donate money or supplies as needed. We just need someone with the time and skill to organize this. I'd love to help out some fellow TBH'ers if possible.
I know there will be tons of money and supplies headed south but I'm always so leery about how much of the stuff ends up in the hands of the people who really need it. And I don't mean that the organizers or other people are stealing stuff or pocketing money, it's just that I've seen this first hand after working in our local shelters housing Katrina evacuees. Tons of donations flood in, some of it can't be used, doesn't get to the right people, isn't needed or maybe isn't needed by the time it was donated and it's just left sitting there. Eventually it gets donated to charity/Goodwill etc but I always think it's a waste since the person who donated those supplies wanted to help someone and in reality their donation was sort of wasted.
My gripe with these big relief organizations is that so much of the money donated goes to paying salaries or funding the operation. I know nothing is free, but I hate seeing hundreds of thousands or even millions of donated dollars never getting to the actual people in need.
I think y'all all know what I mean. I'd love to help and know my donations were going to help some good families from TBH.
- Jason
I know there will be tons of money and supplies headed south but I'm always so leery about how much of the stuff ends up in the hands of the people who really need it. And I don't mean that the organizers or other people are stealing stuff or pocketing money, it's just that I've seen this first hand after working in our local shelters housing Katrina evacuees. Tons of donations flood in, some of it can't be used, doesn't get to the right people, isn't needed or maybe isn't needed by the time it was donated and it's just left sitting there. Eventually it gets donated to charity/Goodwill etc but I always think it's a waste since the person who donated those supplies wanted to help someone and in reality their donation was sort of wasted.
My gripe with these big relief organizations is that so much of the money donated goes to paying salaries or funding the operation. I know nothing is free, but I hate seeing hundreds of thousands or even millions of donated dollars never getting to the actual people in need.
I think y'all all know what I mean. I'd love to help and know my donations were going to help some good families from TBH.
- Jason
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