Trent Stamp Quotes

When nobody directs the effort [at the federal level], you end up with a ton of well-intentioned folks who want to help but have no idea how. That's a recipe for disaster. We've been telling people since day one that the real way to help with this disaster is to write a check, because they're just not prepared at the other end to receive goods.

- Trent Stamp

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At this point, you should go with the majors. Now is the time to stick with your large, name-brand charities. Someone who did a good job with the tsunami effort is probably prepared to do a good job in New Orleans and Mississippi. - Trent Stamp

You can't go wrong with the Red Cross. I know it's boring. But they're there, and they are ready. - Trent Stamp

If any organization is going to get 75% of the funds in a disaster, the Red Cross is as good a destination as any. In an ideal world, the money would have been distributed a little more evenly perhaps. But that's not the way it works. - Trent Stamp