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09/06/2005
A good way to give
If you're looking for a good way to give to hurricane relief agencies, consider giving cash. Here are some good reasons:
- Most reputable agencies, including Nazarene Disaster Response, channel 100% of the money collected to the relief effort. Overhead is covered by their operating budget.
- Many agencies, such as Heart to Heart International, can multiply your cash gift many times over through matching funds, bulk purchases, and other means. Our local high school glee club is collecting for Heart to Heart. In the grocery line yesterday, they had a flyer that indicated the can multiply cash gifts as much as 25x.
- Cash can be spent on-site by people familiar with the exact needs, or given to families to start putting their lives back together.
- It's a lot cheaper to give cash, given the price of gas.
- Cash contributions are more likely to receive a tax break, allowing you to give even more.
Those are just some reasons off the top of my head. I know a lot of agencies are taking donated goods and that's fine too. It just makes more sense to me to give cash if you can. For a list of agencies, check out Instapundit's round up.
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