Back in the 70's I was doing search and rescue with the Colorado State Patrol during a terrible snow storm. I was working a housing project that was closed off from snow as I had a 4wd with all four chained up just to keep a path open.
One home owner opened his home to 50 people that couldn't go home for 2 days. The Red Cross was called for food to feed the 50. When the storm was over, Red Cross billed the home owner $375 for sandwichs. That was a ton of money back then with good wages being at $7.5hr tops and $.40gal gas.
We took up a collection to help the home owner pay the bill and NEVER called the Red Cross again.
Back in the 80's I lost a job because I refused to make a automatic pay check donation to the Red Cross. It was a company wide project. Sure wish I could have proved that's why I lost my job. The guy that was doing the collections told me he was going to fire me for not signing up. Of couse we were the only two people around when he said it.
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