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American Red Cross Articles

NewsMax, October 31, 2001 Red Cross Diverts Donations From Sept. 11 Victims. Americans who gave to the Red Cross to help the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be shocked to learn that much of their money is being diverted. MSN, November 9, 2001 They took your blood and your money. Now it's payback time. But since Sept. 11, the American Red Cross has been acting more American than Swiss. Restraint, self-effacement, and modesty have been tossed. Its mistakes are mistakes of excess. The Red Cross raised too much money and collected too much blood. It started collecting as soon as the planes hit the towers, and it kept going. Healy, a camera hog, kept appearing on television to beseech donors to open their wallets and their veins. Red Cross ads appeared everywhere. The Red Cross kept collecting millions even when it had no idea what it would do with the cash. The Red Cross kept sucking blood even when it was apparent that there were few survivors who needed it. The rival blood agency stopped stockpiling days before the Red Cross. Ether Zone, November 9, 2001 The Arrogant Red Cross When 2 + 2 does not equal 4 there is usually an explanation and the explanations rolling off the lips of the Red Cross are equal to the drivel on bin Laden's beard. CBS Evening News, July 29, 2002 Disaster Strikes In Red Cross Backyard The American Red Cross may be expert at responding to public disasters, but for years it has failed to get a grip on financial disasters at its local chapters. There's the fundraiser in Louisiana caught padding her own bank account with donations, the manager in Pennsylvania who embezzled to support her crack cocaine habit and the executive in Maryland who forged signatures on purchase orders meant for disaster victims, to name a few. CBS Evening News, July 30, 2002 Red Faces At The Red Cross A dozen of the Red Cross chapters audited were marking, or "coding", donations as local funds. This means chapters like San Diego, Southwest Florida, and Gateway Area, Iowa would keep the money instead of sending it in for Sept. 11 victims. CBS Evening News, July 31, 2002 9/11 Fund Threated Red Cross' "Leaky Piggy Bank" Some at Red Cross headquarters were afraid the National Disaster Fund was becoming a "leaky piggy bank" for chapters. Auction Bytes, January 9, 2005 Red Cross Refuses Donations from Overstock.com because of an exclusive agreement with eBay. eBay competitor Overstock Auctions will be contributing to victims of the Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia via their charity auctions, however the Red Cross will not be a recipient of their efforts. According to Overstock Auctions Vice President Holly MacDonald-Korth, the Red Cross would not accept donations from them because the Red Cross has an exclusive contract with eBay. BBC News, August 9, 2007 Johnson & Johnson Sues The American Red Cross for Trademark Misuse . Medical firm Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is suing the American Red Cross, alleging the charity has misused the famous red cross symbol for commercial purposes. J&J said a deal with the charity's founder in 1895 gave it the "exclusive use" of the symbol as a trademark for drug, chemical and surgical products. It said American Red Cross had violated this agreement by licensing the symbol to other firms to sell certain goods.