[AT] Holiday Charity Auction Results

[charlie hill]

A friend of mine was on a disaster team for an insurance company in the
70's.   He was frequently sent to the site of tornado strikes, etc.  He told
me of one place he went out in the mid west where a town had been leveled.
He said that in the middle of downtown the Red Cross was set up on a corner
selling candy bars, cold sandwiches and soft drinks.  Diagaonally across the
street the Salvation Army was giving away soup, sandwiches and hot coffee.

With that said the Red Cross provides a wonderful and invaluable service
with their blood bank.  EVERY hospital in the country  ( I guess with minor
exceptions) depends on them for the blood they use every day.  They have to
pay for it but at least it is there.

Charlie
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> Walt,  Won't get into a pissin contest but in Vietnam red cross charged
the
> Marines and sailors money for donuts even if they were hikin out of the
bush
> where they been for 2 weeks.  NOTHING and I mean not even coffee was free.
> And was the Same during Desert Storm I would I wouldn't give them the
sweat
> off my B.... oh  well you get the idea.  When they were set up to manage
all
> that money for 9/11 I talked to all the guys at my VFW at yearly get
> together and everyone without exception from VietNam and later was in
> accord.  What used to get none by RC for free is now done by Service
> Fraternal Orgs. and that's still true right now according to other  Navy
> Chiefs I contacted since your post. The Red Cross we knew as a kid went
bye
> bye in the 50's and hasn't come home.  Oh true there a good one out there
> but THEY are the Exception now not the other way around.  Mismanagement
and
> money is the rule not the exception now.  Just MHO, John
> John Cable
> CABLEKNIVES of GR
> Grand Rapids, MI
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>
> > When I was in the Navy I spent sometime in the Naval Hospital in
oakland,
> CA
> > and the Red Cross was the first people to welcome me. Made I had cards
and
> a
> > Quilt for my legs. I had that quilt for many years I think its still
> around
> > someplace. I kept it on mu Bunk on the ship the whole time I was there
and
> no one
> > ever comlained about it.  They also had a place for doing crafts free to
> us
> > and a dance once a week with local girls most pretty good looking.
> > When my grandfather died the Red cross on the shore base was the only
> people
> > who my folks could get to call the ship so I could come home. I got
leave
> > instantly and was on my way the same day the Capt. gave all the leave I
> needed
> > because the Red Cross asked for it. The Red Cross also asked if I needed
> any
> > funds they were ready hand it over right then, I didn't need any.
> > I guess my doings with the Red Cross have always been possitive I can't
> say
> > enough for them when it comes to helping the military boys.
> > I am sure there are lot of other boys out there who would say the same
> thing.
> > I guess every outfit can have a bad apple though.
> >
> > Walt Davies
> > Cooper Hollow Farm
> > Monmouth, OR 97361
> > 503 623-0460
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