2005 - 09-02-05

Everyone
who works at their printing facilities
(where they print bibles and bible
literature for their worldwide bible
education work) works for room and board and
they get a very small allowance (somewhere
around $120/mo.) for personal items. This
entire organization is supported by means of
voluntary donations. And it's
amazing......I mean, these people are not
driving around in fancy cars and getting
rich pocketing donations by any means.

They
spend their money on maintaining their
printing facilities, printing bible
literature, housing & feeding their
voluntary workers (who all live in an
apartment-like community maintained by the
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society),
supporting voluntary missionaries around the
world, language and reading programs (where
they teach illiterate people to read),
DISASTER RELIEF....I could go on.

But
the bottom line is that NONE of their money
is used to line pockets of greedy execs.
And there's more than one way to donate to
this organization. You can just give a
general donation to their "Worldwide" fund,
or you can choose to dictate exactly where
you want 100% of your money to be used,
i.e., "Hurricane Katrina".

Another
big reason this is the best organization to
donate money to is because they are so
organized it's uncanny. I was reading an
impressive article in a magazine about
Jehovah's Witnesses and disaster relief for
Hurricane Andrew. Check this out.

When
Hurricane Andrew hit, the Governing Body of
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Brooklyn, New York,
reacted at once and appointed a relief
committee to function out of the Fort
Lauderdale Assembly Hall. They also assigned
a considerable sum of money for the purchase
of materials, food, and emergency items. As
a consequence, Jehovah's Witnesses were
among the first to react to the situation
and began calling for volunteers. In fact,
many came without even being called.