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-Land of the Free
Salvation Army ditched by donors and volunteers after disastrous release of 'anti-racism' guide
2021-12-19
Go woke, get broke.
[WashingtonExaminer] Salvation Army chapters across the country are reporting massive shortages in volunteer hours and toy donations just weeks after the charity distributed (and then pulled) a controversial guide calling on white people to confront their "racist attitudes."

Some 20,000 volunteer hours have gone unfilled for the Salvation Army's Red Kettle campaign this year, which historically represents about 33% of the charity's total yearly donations. The charity has also reported substantial shortages of toy and gift donations in some parts of the country, such as New Jersey, where donations are down 30% across the state.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#13  The Salvation Army's response

As of April 2018, the "Inclusion" page on the official UK website states that the Salvation Army stands against homophobia and does not permit discrimination in its employment practices or delivery of care.[186]

On its USA Central Territory website, it explicitly claims that it serves and welcomes the LGBT community.[187]

On the website of its USA division, the organisation currently maintains an informative and promotional document titled "The LGBTQ Community and The Salvation Army" in which it states (among other things) that it is "committed to serving the LGBTQ community"; "[w]hen a transgender person seeks help from us, we serve them in the same manner as any other person seeking assistance"; it "is an Equal Opportunity Employer" with regard to "sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression" (et al.); and that it "provide[s] benefits to the spouses of employees in same‐sex marriages".
Posted by: Woodrow   2021-12-19 19:35  

#12  Woke is poison. Whoever drinks the woke kool-ade must die. Not pretty, but essential.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-12-19 18:04  

#11  I walked away when the bell-wringer asked if I had cash after I put my grocery change in the bucket.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-19 18:01  

#10  ^ They were, with a low overhead %, good intentions, trust, and good results.

Need to have a purge of Wokistas (internationally as IIRC the Euro version started this) at the upper levels
Posted by: Frank G   2021-12-19 15:22  

#9  I'm still stunned by all this. The Salvation Army was so good in every area for so long...and now this. Unbelievable.

I guess the fashionable wokistas can and will infiltrate anywhere.
Posted by: Tom   2021-12-19 15:00  

#8  Thank you for sharing Bill.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-12-19 12:06  

#7  To clarify, I sued the hospitals and doctors because they refused to operate on my wife to remove her cancerous ovaries (4.4 Lbs of tissue, big tumors) and stop the bleeding as she had Alz. - I hope you never find yourselves in this position, there isn't a happy outcome. Regards Burgers
Posted by: Bill Ebbager3353   2021-12-19 11:47  

#6  You’re fine, Bill Ebbager3353. My sympathies on your loss — I hope you were able to make your wife’s passing more comfortable.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-12-19 11:45  

#5  I'm sure you know, there are others out there that can use your help, for other reasons, too.

Given that the SA had been my and my late wife's go to charity, until their 'attitude changed', I sought out and found, what I think is a worthy cause during my time reading The Liberty Daily website earlier today.
The article:
Virginia Catholic Family Wins Landmark Victory for Patient Rights, Needs Financial Support
The above link pushes you directly to Lifesite.com as does the original link @The Liberty Daily.com

I donated and I posted this under comments:

The Virginia Declaration of Rights was drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government.[2] It influenced a number of later documents, including the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and the United States Bill of Rights (1789) .... more at donation site

So, yes, we each have our own issues we care about and charities we support - I chose this one because I too had to take a hospital & their doctors to court because they refused to treat my wife, who had less than 2 years before that been diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's but was bleeding from her lady parts due to ovarian cancer. I.e. The doctors wanted her to bleed to death...I get it, but they are still Heathen tards.
I believe this post to be within bounds, given the larger topic of charities; I AM NOT soliciting on behalf of this particular charity only illustrating alternatives in todays world.

Thanks for reading
Posted by: Bill Ebbager3353   2021-12-19 11:39  

#4  Oh no! If this money crunch continues, the Salvation Army will have to lay off their Diversity Director.
Posted by: Grerert Angineger6311   2021-12-19 11:15  

#3  They are slimily trying to guilt people for the "harm done to (SA) beneficiaries" by the backlash. Hey,SA, your board did the harm when it jumped on the Woke bandwagon. It is nobody else's fault.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-12-19 09:57  

#2  I understand that the precipitous drop in (white) donations to SA in response to SA's call to Wokeness is proof of their racism.
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-12-19 09:42  

#1  
The SA spokes person who opened mouth and inserted BOTH feet should have looked at the demographics of SA donors vs. receivers?

Note: I saw a person at Wally World tear a $1 bill in half and donated the 1/2 in protest. Is this a nationwide thing or just a one off?


Posted by: NN2N1   2021-12-19 08:10  

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