Re: Trip to New Orleans changed my life
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:19:02 -0700, "gruhn" <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> first eight hour course; First Aid and CPR
>
>Because, by the time they get deployed, there's still gonna be a ton of
>people there in need of _first_ aid.
Do you think that the Red Cross is a massive bloated bureacracy?
I liked the part about how the Red Cross "leapt into action" and in
"only a few days" the volunteer started training for an assignment.
Contrast that with the Christian missionaries with helicopters who
flew down to New Orleans, asked people what they needed, and delivered
it.
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