Know Where It Goes

[knucklehead bob]

[Restorium2]

Also;

 

DAV Disabled American Veterans;

 

How much of my donation goes to help disabled veterans?

In our last accounting year, 75.8% of all contributions were used for programs of service to disabled veterans and their families. While that figure already compares favorably with other national charities, we constantly strive to further increase efficiency and effectiveness in the use of the funds you entrust to the DAV.

[bobandtorey]

Am a Bell Ringer am glad to see their on top of that list 

 

CNN did a story i think on DAV Disabled American Veterans it wasn't too great as far as i remember " 

 

​Thanks for posting this  Knucklehead bob and if anyone wants to Bell Ring pm me i will send info to you 

[Kingdiamond]

I worked as a truck driver for the Salvation army and would go pick up clothes at JC Penny for the homeless the first thing that I was told to do was to let the children of the soldiers  kids go through the clothes and let them take what they wanted also all of the food and drinks donated they would come and load up their vehicles with the prime food stock and leave the lesser food wares for the poor plus they all drove leased Mercedes Benz SUVs and all of their children drove leased Ford Mustangs .

[t-pain]

yeh thats how it goes.

 

you think someone donates an xbox and it goes to the poor? hell no! the manager or worker or someone grabs it and replaces it with a $20.

[phaquetoo]

Great Thread!  I had to go look for my self!

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/charities.asp

 

we need to make sure the good guys get any donations we make, I will not donate to an organization that pay's their ceo's a million bucks, it is charity not lets get rich off of the poor!

 

Peace

[Restorium2]

Am a Bell Ringer am glad to see their on top of that list 

 

CNN did a story i think on DAV Disabled American Veterans it wasn't too great as far as i remember " 

 

​Thanks for posting this  Knucklehead bob and if anyone wants to Bell Ring pm me i will send info to you 

Nope. Must have been someone else. DAV is very good.

 

Independent source for verification;

 

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7589#.VlItmBIfCYU

[Highlander]

For what it's worth, I've read on-line that the "Wounded Warrior" charity provides very little to wounded veterans.

 

I've always been a big fan of the Salvation Army because their executives don't draw a big salary. And I've donated a lot to the Salvation Army.

 

Better yet, find people in your local community who need some help. Just this past Veterans Day, I anonymously paid the check for a veteran having dinner with some apparent family members at Red Robin. Also, a couple of times in the past I spotted an old man wearing a military ball cap and wearing raggy clothes, while buying groceries, and I stepped in and paid his bill.

 

If you want your charity dollars to do the most good, skip the organizations and go directly to the recipient. You won't get a tax write-off, but you'll get the satisfaction that your efforts go directly to the people you are trying to help.

[bobandtorey]

For what it's worth, I've read on-line that the "Wounded Warrior" charity provides very little to wounded veterans.

 

I've always been a big fan of the Salvation Army because their executives don't draw a big salary. And I've donated a lot to the Salvation Army.

 

Better yet, find people in your local community who need some help. Just this past Veterans Day, I anonymously paid the check for a veteran having dinner with some apparent family members at Red Robin. Also, a couple of times in the past I spotted an old man wearing a military ball cap and wearing raggy clothes, while buying groceries, and I stepped in and paid his bill.

 

If you want your charity dollars to do the most good, skip the organizations and go directly to the recipient. You won't get a tax write-off, but you'll get the satisfaction that your efforts go directly to the people you are trying to help.

 

 

Someone brought me a bag of chip's on Veterans Day, thats what i got i did go to two different restraints and they told me we don't give discounts on any day both told me that i won't be going

 

back i usually go out to eat once a year on Veterans Day, because of the 50% off 

[t-pain]

thanks for doing the bell ringing bob, but darn i wish they would get duller bells or something. that ringing is ear-piercing to me.

 

like can the bell ringers play guitars or any other instrument? cymbals? triangle? i dont care...