[Haunted]

The RC told me that we would get the charity equivalent of a receipt (because in most cases chraritable donations are tax deductable and they give you documentation). They said they'd send a plaque to the professor who sponsored it. They also said they'd call him. None of this happened. So I followed up. I had filled out a form when I donated, so sure they've heard of me. They were like, "We have no recollection of you or your donation."

Okay, maybe it was the Greensboro chapter. I can give it that. There just might have been a corrupt person involved.

My grandfather, apparently wasn't too keen on them during WWII. They (maybe it was a certain chapter) made the soldiers pay for aide and stuff.

Also, if you've read documents from the early to mid eighties on the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, the RC dug in their heels to keep from testing for HIV antibodies. They passed AIDS like crazy and are responsible for passing it to countless people. They knew it to. Read: And the Band Played On.

However, they have amended their ways and really really tried to spearhead AIDS awareness and make sure their blood supply is completely clean. So long to the Reagan era!


I've always wanted to be a blood donor for the RC (what can someone do with that...give it to the vampires. HAW!). Unfortunately, I take Lithium carbonate and other psychotropic medicines, so I can't because they're passed in the blood supply. No need to be giving Lithium and Seroquel to someone who doesn't need it.