Salvation Army = PETA of human charities?
So...
In the last couple days, Teekachu and later slysquirrel made reference to this LJ post lambasting the Salvation Army. (Read the post if you want to see why, but they make good arguments, and the few places I've looked to verify the facts seem to corroborate most of the claims made in said entry: It appears the Salvation Army is a proselytizing church ( Read more... )
In the last couple days, Teekachu and later slysquirrel made reference to this LJ post lambasting the Salvation Army. (Read the post if you want to see why, but they make good arguments, and the few places I've looked to verify the facts seem to corroborate most of the claims made in said entry: It appears the Salvation Army is a proselytizing church ( Read more... )
Since 2003, gamers have banded together through registered Seattle-based charity, Child's Play. Over a million dollars in donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children's hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since our inception.
We collect no administrative fees or other charges, 100% of all gifts and donations go directly to our partner hospitals, to help make life a little brighter for a sick child.
Free Geek- Oregon-based Think Salvation Army but for Linux, and not discriminatory. Donate money or old computer parts. They raise money by selling used computer equipment, and use this to provide free equipment to organizations like Veterans for Peace. They were burglarized recently, so any donations there would be extra-needed.
Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Incorporated in 1972 as a central warehouse for Spokane food pantries, Second Harvest (then the Spokane Food Bank) distributed food to 13 city and county sites.
Second Harvest distributed 14.3 million pounds of food valued at more than $22 million last year.
Second Harvest serves more than 300 partner nonprofit agencies, including 21 counties in Eastern Washington and five counties in North Idaho.
Hopes that helps.
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