It's hard to get donors to think about other important causes. It's a shame for the people in Niger and Mali and people in everyone's hometown that are in need. ... They'll have to suffer also because of Katrina.

They have one of the most popular causes ... particularly when we've got a war going on. It's unconscionable that they're so inefficient.

They're taking away charitable resources that might be used to help other people.

The Red Cross is a brand name, and people automatically pick it for donations. But there are a lot of local groups who could use assistance and reimbursement, and the Red Cross isn't willing to do that.

This storm involved the largest relocation of people since the Civil War, it's of historic proportions, so people want to do something about it. Americans do feel very connected to a wide scale disaster like this and they're inspired to do something.

In the past three years there's been a decline in giving to human service-type organizations. People need to step up to the plate and give extra.