Posted by a good friend, just before Thanksgiving:
Dear Friends,
As we enter, or rather as we enter further, into the 'holiday season', and its corresponding 'giving season', especially with its end of the year tax considerations, many people will be thinking of what charities they might want to support.
So before you write those checks, you might want to read these stories.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-05-01-8904080944-story.html
https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/red-cross-vs-salvation-army.26138/
The moral of this email is check out the character of your charity choices.
And finally,
When asked what the 3 S's of The Salvation Army meant, the founder William Booth said "The three 'S's' best express the way in which the Army administered to the 'down and outs': first, soup; second, soap; and finally, salvation."
As you can probably tell by now, I'm rather partial to the Salvation Army.
My good friend and former business partner, Bob Croft, plays the base trombone every Sunday at a Salvation Army citadel near downtown Phoenix, Arizona; and although Bob is not an official member of the Salvation Army, he proudly wears its band uniform to perform when he's standing next to a kettle, while a bell ringer is asking for spare change from people passing by. You might have seen or heard him, or someone doing the same.
So, next time you see a Salvation Army bell ringer, accompanied with a loud base trombone, or not, please reach into your pocket, and put a few coins into the pot.
Thanks
- Bill
PS, Or if you'd rather, you can donate to the Salvation Army at the website below, and then you don't have to listen to a loud base trombone... sorry Bob, no offense, but that thing is LOUD!
https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/ways-to-give/
PPS, No matter who you give money too, or how carefully, you'll still have to trust in The Lord that it will be spent as it best it should.
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