Luis Grullon, who speaks little English, works as a laborer for Interstate Cleaning Corp. The family is receiving help from the local temple of Jehovah's Witnesses, of which they are members, and the Utica chapter of the American Red Cross, which is providing food, clothing and shelter to the 14 families displaced by the fire.
JW Accepts Help from Red Cross--Would He Donate?
by blondie 5 Replies latest jw friends
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blondie
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Poztate
Hi Blondie,
A similar thread was done a few days ago...See what happens when you leave us for a while.
The witnesses only help themselves and would never DREAM to give something back esp to an organization like the Red Cross.
Here was my reply to that one.
Luis Grullon, who speaks little English, works as a laborer for Interstate Cleaning Corp. The family is receiving help from the local temple of Jehovah's Witnesses, of which they are members, and the Utica chapter of the American Red Cross, which is providing food, clothing and shelter to the 14 families displaced by the fire.
This newspaper article should be corrected...so I did it
Luis Grullon, who speaks little English, works as a laborer for Interstate Cleaning Corp. The family is receiving help from the local temple of Jehovah's Witnesses, of which they are members. The Utica chapter of the American Red Cross is providing food, clothing and shelter to the other 14 families displaced by the fire.
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blondie
I did search....I do know of many JWs that accept monetary and material help from the Red Cross but would never donate to it though.
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Voyager
Hi Blondie! We missed you.
The Watchtower sure likes to (use) the Red Cross whenever they need them. I took this from the 1986 Yearbook pages 239-240/-quote:
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RELIEF
SUPPLIESRelief supplies were being sent in from the brothers in the British Isles and Ireland, using facilities of the International Red Cross and other voluntary charitable organizations interested in flying in relief for war victims.
Also, the Society?s headquarters in New York and the London branch office sent donations totaling $24,000. During the entire period of crisis and after, the Lagos branch office sent out about 36 tons of food, clothing, and other materials.
After Brother Mills had returned from a trip during which relief supplies and spiritual provisions were delivered, he related his experiences in Lagos. As a result, many members of the Bethel family volunteered to make similar trips to encourage the brothers in refugee camps in areas ravaged by the civil war.
So the Society sent Asuquo Akpabio with supplies by Red Cross plane to Calabar. A similar flight to Port Harcourt was made by Gerald Bogard. Then there was Wendell Jensen, an American; he and Lois his wife had come to Nigeria from Gilead in 1966. He managed to get to Port Harcourt with supplies of food, medicine, clothing, and literature, but was intercepted by soldiers and underwent harsh interrogation. Finally, he did manage to get the supplies to the brothers in Port Harcourt and Aba.
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Voyager
Then after the Watchtower (uses) the Red Cross services as seen above in the Yearbook, then the Watchtower turns right around and (bad-mouths) the Red Cross!
This was taken from the Awake/2002/August/22nd/page.-28/ quote:
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Red
Cross Called to TaskShortly following the September 11 attacks, the American Red Cross was on the scene, soliciting donations of cash and blood. Some $850 million in cash was given, and 400,000 units of blood collected. While collections were quick, disbursements were not. "The American Red Cross was slow to distribute relief funds to the families affected by the attacks," states The Washington Times. "Relief funds were being used for programs unrelated to September 11," and a large share was slated for "long-term needs, such as [a] blood-freezing program, counseling, and future attacks." With little need for the blood collected and its 42-day shelf life over, the blood "is useless and must be burned," the article says. The news media reported that the Red Cross board, beset by heavy criticism, forced out its president and announced at the end of January 2002 that 90 percent of the funds gathered will go to victims of the disaster by September 11, 2002.
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FairMind
Looks to me that the WTS is discouraging contributions to the Red Cross in favor of contributions to themselves. Most JWs will follow the WTS' direction but not all will. If an organization was good enough to help me I would reciprocate if at all possible.