05.15.11
American Charity
Has always been overrated. Disasters happen, television news goes into overdrive, and then the alleged generosity of Americans takes over.
Relief officials inundated with donations after the flurry of twisters that killed more than 300 people across the South are sorting through the broken toys and used underwear they don’t need while hunting for places to store mountains of vital supplies like canned food …
ith storage space scarce, most say they can’t handle any more used toys or cast-off clothing.
“That becomes the disaster within the disaster,” said Salvation Army spokesman Mark Jones. “When people make those mass donations … it causes the community to be overrun with them …
As for the Salvation Army, Jones said the agency only recently found warehouse space in hard-hit Tuscaloosa and still desperately needs new underwear, nonperishable foods, pet food and sports drinks.
Canned food and cleaning products are urgently needed ..
I know the first thing that always occurs to me when I see these kinds of things is to bag up some of my used underwear, socks and broken shit.