Re: helping victims of Asia tsunami

From: Liz (lizhug1_at_mycomcast.net)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:58:10 -0500

One place to vet charities is www.InterAction.org which requires that relief
organizations meet certain criteria in order to be a member. Or you can
check www.GuideStar.org for copies of IRS filings for not-for-profit
groups. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs maintains ReliefWeb that lists info by disaster. I happened to win
this week's football pool for the second time this year and am donating my
winnings to Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org).

"Margie" <nomoremargiesjunk@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:dhr5t09v18dpr81ah8d6bc2e0ddvchjro2@4ax.com...
>I was wondering the same thing. There is a long list in my newspaper
> today. I want to give where the maximum amount will go directly to
> aid, not overhead.
>
> Margie
>
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:31:14 -0600, "Su" <.@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>There is a list of organizations that are accepting donations, but after
>>the
>>debacle with 911 "aid," I'm a little leery about who to contact.
>>
>>Can someone look over the list provided and make some recommendations of
>>the
>>groups with the best reputation for dispersing the funds where they
>>belong -
>>
>>http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.asp?id=/d/ip/tsunami_aid_04/data.js&navid=6758618&GT1=5936
>>
>

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