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Veterans in Need Foundation
The other day, solicitors for an organization called "Veterans in Need Foundation" had positioned themselves in front of Publix on 466. Seemed like a good cause, but when I checked, neither the Better Business Bureau nor the Charity Navigator websites (the two usual places to check out whether a charity is legitimate) had any information on the Foundation. So, when you drop cash in their bucket, it's impossible, without a lot of digging, to tell whether you are really donating to needy veterans or to the organizers and administrators of the Foundation.
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Didn't we go through this a year or two ago? If I remember correctly, there were people in cammies at Publix on 466a soliciting for veterans and it turned out none of them were veterans and were basically paid solicitors for a "charity" that no one had heard of and there was no accounting of where the money would go. Since no information on the charity was found at those sites, I would be leery of donating. There are established foundations that help veterans in need.
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Fraudulent veteran charities
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While it doesn't address the "Veterans in Need Foundation", here is an article dealing with the issue of fraudulent veterans' charities: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/1..._n_782216.html |
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