Re: "FireAid" giving donations to local organizations...
The attached message from FireAid lists several NGOs that have received donations...among them is the LA YMCA's Food Bank. My Wife and I have been volunteering for more than 20 years straight weekly putting food and clothing directly into the hands of those in need...we have worked for several NGOs, including St. Vincent de Paul. Annual dinners are held to THANK all the donors...like a FireAid...who keep our missions going.
Don't ever again say that the donations from FireAid aren't going "Directly" to the L.A. fire victims.
Link: https://www.fireaidla.org
Replies to: Re: "FireAid" giving donations to local organizations...
That's not what "Directly" means.
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NGOs like SVdP, Catholic Charities, YMCA...etc, etc...DEPEND on Donations from sources like FireAid
to provide food, clothing, etc. DIRECTLY to those in need...My God you're DENSE...and Petulant.
You don't understand the term "directly".
Let's try it this way: if I give you $100 and you give $10 to a homeless person. I cannot say that I gave $100 directly to the homeless. But you can say that 10% of your funding goes directly to the homeless. Does this make sense to you?
Furthermore, he's still trying to wriggle through the loss with a strawman.
This isn't about "some amount" of the aid reaching "some of the victims." This is about how much of the $100MM actually went to victims.
He knows this. He's still pretending that the argument is over the legal definition of fraud.
Yeah, I know, it's a bad faith argument that is turning emotional.
There's some guilt there.
Have you ever volunteered at an NGO that serves the needy?...sure doesn't sound like it, otherwise
you wouldn't be making such a fool of yourself over this issue.
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Yes I have. I've also "Directly" given them money, like straight cash homie!
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Really...how did that work?...how much to each person?...for what purposes?...how did you decide
who was in real need, or just looking to take advantage of a "Cash Give Away"?
Let's get real...you're just trying to save face after promoting a podcast that does more harm than good, by making viewers distrust outstanding organizations that provided and continue to provide emergency help. You have no clue how any of this works. If you were in charge it would look like a replay of WKRP's "Direct Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway" ;-)...with even less thought put into it.
There was this lady in STL whose car was broke down and she had 2 little kids. I gave her $100.
It just too bad you weren't there to pocket $90 as the middle man.
Is the Red Cross a fraudulent operation?...they pass donations for disaster relief onto NGOs too...
but don't take just my word for it...do a little research.
Your 'Kicking and Flailing' to save face after mindlessly supporting Joe Rogan's disaster of a podcast about FireAid isn't going to make it all better. But that's your decision.
BTW, my wife and had a shift at our local SVdP Food Bank yesterday, and I asked the lady who manages it (a non-paid volunteer like the rest of us) about donations and who they are used/needed. They need those donations to buy certain foods...replace refrigerators and freezers that breakdown...buy shelving to store all the goods that are dropped off by other agencies/donors, buy fork lifts and keep them operable, etc....the net result is that we volunteers put needed food and clothing in "Customers" carts and bags...directly. That's just one example of how FireAid donations get used...there are 160 intermediaries helping the victims in L.A.
Get out of your bubble, as they say, and donate some of the time you spend on the OF in an NGO that indeed provides Direct support to thousands of very needy people...i.e. experience reality and not some "For Profit" podcast.
The victims say they haven't haven't received any money. This is the problem, period.
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Have they received Food...Shelter...and all the other benefits mentioned in the L.A. Times article
that actually cost money and were/are urgently needed after a conflagration like the L.A. fires?...the answer is a resounding YES. Your failure to admit that this is standard practice for Disaster Relief organizations....like the Red Cross...only amplifies your lack of knowledge or willingness to learn about reality in such situations. Joe Rogan gets paid to host all manner of opinions...even when they are dead wrong...what do you get out of making such a fool of yourself?
Watch the local news story inposted. It's a grift.
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Your post proves that aid does not go directly to the victims.
You have zero self awareness.
When people give money to the Red Cross, do all the funds go 'Directly' to disaster victims? Are you
planning to start podcasting against them now?
You guys can't all be this dense...but it's getting harder to argue against it.
You have spoken of you and your wife volunteering for several organizations. Making sandwiches, etc.
It's hard to believe that you have the time to do all that. Aren't you 75 or so? You must have tremendous energy. Good for you.
You agree that FireAid donations end up in L.A. fire victim's hands...and that both Joe Rogan and
Cheeks are misinforming the public?
FYI...our volunteer work pales in comparison to the many 90+ yr olds that serve others...every single day. Consider donating some of your time as well to aid others in need, if you don't already.
I don't agree with you. NGOs are a mixed bag. So you are in your 80's?
That explains your Ara in the Fieldhouse reference. What Hall were you from?
Admit that you've been deceiving everyone with your multiple Usernames and then I'll
consider sharing personal info with you ;-)...
You don't seem to want to verify your alumni status. That's fine.
Perhaps you do not really have one. I have answered your question many times. Nobody cares. You bore the OF every time you bring it up.
LOL...my UHND Profile...unchanged since the day I joined...answers that question...
which clearly isn't asking for "Alum Status" from just ANY University ;-)
You truly are a piece of work...glad I don't have to interact with you face to face.
Link: https://forum.uhnd.com/users/index.php?action=profile
NGOs...like St. Vincent de Paul...take donations (like from FireAid) and use it to pay for a myriad
of services to people in need...Food, Rental Housing, Clothing...and give those items to them DIRECTLY.
STOP with the bashing of FireAid...and make sure YOU are doing your part to help disaster victims that could use your donations.