Scarletwine said:
If this is posted already , sorry for the repeat.
This makes me absolutely sick!
FEMA Directing Donations To Rev. Pat Robertson
09/01/05 02:45 PM Eastern
FEMA is directing Katrina donations to none other than the
Rev. Pat Robertson .
FEMA has released to the media and on its Web site a list of
suggested charities to help the storm's hundreds of thousands of
victims. The Red Cross is first on the list.
The Rev. Pat Robertson's "Operation Blessing" is next on the
list.
"It's an outrage," said privacy watchdog Bill Scannell, who
alerted Sploid to the FEMA / Robertson scam. "Operation f**cking Blessing? And it's right underneath the Red Cross link!"
I'm no fan of Pat Robertson, but to be fair, I had to actually do a "search" on the FEMA.gov website to even find his organization's listing. It is fourth on the list, not second directly after the Red Cross (in fact it is after the Humane Society). It is followed by a disclaimer as follows:
You are now exiting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) web site...
and entering the site:
http://www.ob.org/
We have provided a link to this site because it has information that may be of interest to our viewers.
FEMA does not necessarily endorse the views expressed or the facts presented on this site. FEMA does not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or on this site.
The FEMA Privacy Policy does not apply on this site. Please check the site for its Privacy Notice.
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It is included with the following list of agencies:
American Red Cross
1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English,
1-800-257-7575 Spanish;
America’s Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070
Humane Society of the United States
1-888-259-5431
Operation Blessing
1-800-436-6348
United Jewish Communities
1-877-277-2477
Donate Cash and/or Volunteer
Adventist Community Services
1-800-381-7171
B'nai B'rith International
1-888-388-4224
Catholic Charities, USA
1-800-919-9338
Christian Disaster Response
941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
1-800-848-5818
Church World Service
1-800-297-1516
Convoy of Hope
417-823-8998
Corporation for National and Community Service Disaster Relief Fund
(202) 606-6718
Disaster Psychiatry Outreach
1-212-598-9995
Feed the Children
1-800-525-7575
Lutheran Disaster Response
800-638-3522
Mennonite Disaster Service
717-859-2210
Nazarene Disaster Response
888-256-5886
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
800-872-3283
Salvation Army
1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief
1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
UJA Federation of New York
212 836-1880
Union for Reform Judaism
United Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583
And they are NOT on FEMA's primary list of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster listed below:
• (1) Support Our Members
• (2) National VOAD Members • Adventist Community Services
• America's Second Harvest • American Baptist Men USA
• American Disaster Reserve • American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL)
• American Red Cross • Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)
• Catholic Charities USA • Center for International Disaster Information (formerly Volunteers in Technical Assistance)
• Christian Disaster Response • Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC)
• Church of the Brethren- Emergency Response • Church World Service
• Convoy of Hope • Disaster Psychiatry Outreach
• Episcopal Relief and Development (formerly The Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief) • Friends Disaster Service, Inc.
• Humane Society of the United States • International Aid
• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation • International Relief Friendship Foundation (IRFF)
• Lutheran Disaster Response • Mennonite Disaster Service
• Mercy Medical Airlift: National Patient Travel Center • National Emergency Response Team
• National Organization for Victim Assistance • Nazarene Disaster Response
• Northwest Medical Teams International • Presbyterian Church (USA)
• REACT International, Inc. • Society of St. Vincent de Paul
• Southern Baptist Convention • The Points of Light Foundation
• The Salvation Army • United Church of Christ - Wider Church Ministries
• United Jewish Communities • United Methodist Committee on Relief
• United Way of America • Volunteers of America
• World Vision
However, for SHOCK VALUE, I can see why the author of the article you posted said that FEMA is directing donations to "none other than the "Reverend" Pat Robertson," despite the fact that 50-60 other organizations are listed. Shocking!
~U2Alabama