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Originally Posted by Slava
I hope this doesn't come across as stupid, or criticizing, because its an honest question. Where does all the money go that's being raised? Like the Red Cross...which is great and I have no doubt is a worthy cause, but what are they doing in the flood specifically? I would guess its all in High River?
Most of the other Red Cross things I can think of are things like earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis or other enormous calamities that seem to involve a lot more human suffering. That doesn't seem to be the case here (which isn't to suggest for a split second that people aren't going through tough times!). I guess those other events seem much more devastating than what we've seen in Calgary, if I can say that without being strung up.
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This is a great question, I don't think it's stupid at all. I was wondering the same thing... what people need mainly with the disaster (outside of High River) is money to rebuild their crap... am I wrong here? Could be. Also, does Red Cross do that? Doubt it?
I know that my company, following some natural disaster incidents in the U.S., donated money to the American Red Cross... later to find out that the money we donated was not used for the people that suffered from said natural disaster. Our company is waiting to meet with Red Cross to get confirmation on where the money's going and if they can find out it goes to flood victims, will gladly donate. But it does seem unclear as to where the money's going... does it matter? Maybe not, I dunno. Maybe the right thing is to just donate regardless. Don't mean to derail, but I almost think if it would be better to try and find people who need the money to rebuild their place, and then give them the money instead?