I went by many Target stores last holiday season only to find no SA
bell ringers due to the company's policy to not have solicitors in
front of their stores anymore.  It DEFINITELY hurt their holiday
sales in04 when it went public.  Of course I drove by in my Vanagon(RVC).

Their CEO makes 23 million plus bennies each year and the entire
company threw a whopping 2 mil at Katrina and another 200k at
Wilma.  What's their slogan?  Expect More(work out of the hourly
help)  Pay(them) Less!!  And still 5% of their after tax profits go
to charity.........

DM&FS

At 03:56 PM 11/6/2005, George Goff wrote:
>In a message dated 11/5/05 10:57:35 PM, CTONLINE@webtv.net writes:
>
><<    As you open your pockets for yet another natural disaster, keep
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>these facts in mind:
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>
>Marsha J. Evans, President and CEO
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>of the  American Red Cross... salary for year ending 06/30/03  was
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>$651,957 plus expenses.
>
>
>Brian Gallagher,  President of the United Way receives a  $375,000
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>base salary, plus numerous expense benefits.
>
>
>The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only
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>$13,000 per year (plus housing)
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>for managing this $2 billion dollar organization.
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>
>
>Don't forget to support your favorite charitable organization---
>
>
>Give all ya can, as often as ya can---
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>The six figure folks will be hurting if ya don't--- ~ : )_
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>
>
>
>TK >>
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>
>That doesn't surprise me.  I've had firsthand experience with the Salvation
>Army during disaster recovery; other than the Mennonite's (who even brought
>their own food and drinking water so as not to take anything intended for the
>victims) the Salvation Army was the only group worth a damn.  As a result, I
>NEVER pass up one of their collection pots.  I would recommend the
>same to anyone
>who wants to see his contribution go to ease suffering in an undiluted manner.
>
>George