Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT - Hurricane relief

I will add my support to Kim and others who have stated that LDS relief and CRS do better than the other organizations. Two days ago, Jean Chatzky who is the editor of Money Magazine, said on the Today Show that 10% of money you give to most relief organizations actually get to the victims. She did say that giving money was more effective than giving stuff. I was living in Florida during Hurricane Andrew and I remember pictures of piles and piles of clothes, blankets, and boxes of ruined food sitting in mud and water. -A