Romney campaign “hindering” and “impeding” Hurricane Sandy relief

Romney is old enough that he should already know this. So he is either too ignorant to be president or is just doing this to get votes.
I never designate a donation to a specific disaster because one like this that gets a lot of media attention often gets more than is needed, while subsequent ones get less than needed, esp. if they come soon after another disaster.

http://americablog.com/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-romney-relief-red-cross.html

10/29/2012 7:00am by John Aravosis

Yesterday we learned via ABC’s Emily Friedman that Romney campaign was pitching in and gathering supplies to donate for hurricane relief:

All well and good except, of course, that it’s the opposite of what disaster relief experts advise you to do. In fact, they warn that such efforts actually “hinder” relief. Had the Romney campaign bothered reading the Red Cross Web site to see WHAT was needed, or even simply asked someone at the Red Cross,they’d have known this.

And I quote from the Red Cross Web site:

Unfortunately, due to logistical constraints the Red Cross does not accept or solicit individual donations or collections of items. Items such as collected food, used clothing and shoes must be sorted, cleaned, repackaged and transported which impedes the valuable resources of money, time, and personnel.

It “impedes” relief efforts, it doesn’t help. The Red Cross prefers money because it’s far easier to handle, and can be spent where it’s most needed and on what is most needed.