Reply #13: 1 VOLUNTEER pedophile doesn't a terrible RED CROSS make.. [View All]

the Red Cross IS being held accountable for the donations and you can find that information on their website. Nationally 90% of every dollar goes to direct hurrican relief. Thats verifiable by Charity Navigator as well as public documents of accountability. Here is the Red Cross page and listed are some pretty reliable endorsements:

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3277.htm

"Charity Navigator, the
Consumer Reports of the philanthropy world. . ."
- Mother Jones Magazine

"Visiting Charity Navigator" is one of 41 ways to improve the world -
- Esquire

"Charity Navigator helps regular folks make informed decisions on where to donate."
- Times Herald-Record

Charity Navigator selected as 'Best of the Web' in part because "peer group comparisons let you compare similar charities across a host of measures."
- Forbes Magazine



As far as your ONE unverified account of a supposed pedophile among the Red Cross volunteers I can't comment. Independent persons taking 2 family kids on a picnic? I can only imagine the legal implications of such an arrangement. Imagine, if everyone that wanted to take a couple kids from a shelter on a picnic were allowed to. The tracking and logistics of that would be a nightmare and a huge liability issue. Lets say they DID let someone take kids from a shelter and something happened to the kids. What then? Then you'd be blaming the RC for letting them do it. There are guidelines that HAVE to be followed in such a large scale emergency. Do bad people get through the cracks..yes they do. I've seen some terrible volunteers go to the disaster, and many of those get sent home early.