Hello all! With the recent devestating events occurring in Haiti, I just wanted to give one piece of food-for-thought here when making donations to aid groups such as the Red Cross that was passed along to me by one of my former pastors...
When making these donations, make them non-specific to the organization in general. This way, the funds will be directed to whatever situation is most dire at the time. When you make the donation to say, the Asian Tsunami Relief Fund, that money can ONLY be used for tsunami relief. What often happens is these group get deluged with Tsunami relief money, and after a time, there is more than what is required. When a new crisis occurs such as the earthquake in Haiti, this money cannot move from the specific fund to help the other crisis. When you donate in a more generalized sense, the money can then be used for Haiti as is required at the moment.
Anyway, this explanation is probably clear as mud, but I just thought I'd throw it out there for your consideration...
And of course... I do encourage everyone who is able to donate what they can to help in any crisis situation! We are blessed to not endure such horrible events at the moment, so let's share that blessing with those not as fortunate. Thanks!
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