Tomorrow, March 2, is my birthday. I'm only mentioning that for one reason: If you are a friend of mine and you'd like to give me a gift for my birthday…or if you are an appreciative user of this website and would like to give me a gift for my birthday, I know what I want.
I want you to go to the website of Operation USA and make a donation.
This is not just a matter of them needing help in Chile or needing help in Haiti or even certain disaster spots in this country. There are plenty of places where human beings are suffering and/or dying and there will be more. There are many worthy organizations that help these folks and I'm certainly not suggesting that Operation USA is the only one doing good work. But I did some investigating and research on this a few years ago and I doubt the following has changed. I found that no charitable effort put the money to better use. Operation USA spends very little on the administrative stuff. They spend almost all the money on the actual, hands-on helping of people. And perhaps what is most important is that they spend the money wisely and effectively.
Last year, a number of you donated money to me on my birthday as a nice gift…and all through the year, people send me loot because they appreciate this silly weblog. That's great but right now, I'd like you to send the bucks to Operation USA. Here's that link one more time: Operation USA. Thank you.