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...agency's response has had its flaws. At the height of the New Orleans flooding, the Red Cross followed government orders to steer clear of the Superdome and New Orleans Convention Center, leaving starving people stranded. A few posers have slipped through the cracks: a Georgia woman is in county jail for scamming the charity out of $1,300 in relief funds. In Mississippi, victims have complained about a lack of Red Cross presence. In Houston, it ran out of debit cards that could be used for cash or supplies and had to write checks by hand...
...this raises the question: Should Americans continue to pour so much money into a single nonprofit known more for first response than for long-term rebuilding? "The beauty of the nonprofit sector is its diversity," says Borochoff. "Americans need to figure out that they should use the Red Cross, but don't use the whole wad. Save it for some other groups...
...Cross, insisting it's in the Gulf for the long haul, aims to raise millions more in donations. Smaller charities may want the Red Cross to spread the wealth, but "the Red Cross raised the money fair and square," says Trent Stamp, executive director of nonprofit-rating agency Charity Navigator. "We have to understand it's going to spend as it sees fit." --By Sean Gregory. With reporting by Greg Fulton/Atlanta
Forrest King, a rotund man who does not surrender very easily, was told by the American Red Cross and FEMA that they would not help him find Hurricane Katrina victims who needed a place to stay. If he wanted to help, he should give cash, he was told. Otherwise, who knows whom he might let into his home? They might be murderers. They might smoke. In any case, there would be great strain on everyone...
Hurricane Katrina has forced some 1 million people to leave their homes. Their 14-day Red Cross hotel vouchers are starting to expire, and their bank accounts are dwindling. Still, relief workers insist that the displaced masses need stable housing of their own, where they can exert some control over their destinies; they don't need to share a bathroom with your children. "Bringing people into your home doesn't give them a sense of independence or dignity," says Daniel Webster, an Episcopal reverend who has been working with the Red Cross relief operation in Utah...