Community Chat

[Juniper2]

Just heard that Mike Lindell from MyPillow will be donating tens of thousands of pillows to Texas flood victims. Thank you, Mike.

[SurferWife]

I just heard that, too. Tears of joy came to my eyes! 

[nana59]

That's wonderful......so many people don't have anything--except the wet clothes on their backs.....my heart breaks for them.....

[tansy]

Money would be the most helpful donation at this time.  I heard a list earlier today of what many companies, celebs and sports figures were donating in cash.  The amounts were awe-inspiring.

[Mistreatedbycs]

I sure would like MYPILLOW to create a fund that anyone can contribute to and they can send more pillows then.

I know it's the easiest thing to do the Red Cross but I'm still not convinced that everything that is donated goes to our people in Houston and the area.  It all goes into one big fund and distributed that way, I would like to think let's say if 10 million gets raised for Texas, that 10 million should be spent on Texas, it doesn't work like that...sad to say.

[AKgirl2]

We rise by lifting others...go Mike and My Pillow! ❤️

[Mominohio]

I heard this earlier this evening as well, and what a great thing, truly an American success story giving back with an American made product.

And this is  something that will be greatly needed, from day one, in shelters, or given to people when they are either let back in their areas or when they are moved to semi permanent housing. 

Yes, money is important, but why would he donate money when he has something the charities would have to go out and buy anyway. Kind of like Charmin donating cash, so the Red Cross can go and pay money for TP.

Companies having exactly the things that are needed, giving it to the agencies that need it. Direct, smart, and simple.

[tansy]

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@Mominohio wrote:

I heard this earlier this evening as well, and what a great thing, truly an American success story giving back with an American made product.

And this is  something that will be greatly needed, from day one, in shelters, or given to people when they are either let back in their areas or when they are moved to semi permanent housing. 

Yes, money is important, but why would he donate money when he has something the charities would have to go out and buy anyway. Kind of like Charmin donating cash, so the Red Cross can go and pay money for TP.

Companies having exactly the things that are needed, giving it to the agencies that need it. Direct, smart, and simple.

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I get that my response sounds snippy, but charities have said cash does the most good at this stage of relief.  

[tansy]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

I sure would like MYPILLOW to create a fund that anyone can contribute to and they can send more pillows then.

I know it's the easiest thing to do the Red Cross but I'm still not convinced that everything that is donated goes to our people in Houston and the area.  It all goes into one big fund and distributed that way, I would like to think let's say if 10 million gets raised for Texas, that 10 million should be spent on Texas, it doesn't work like that...sad to say.

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You are able to designate that your donation go only to Hurricane Harvey on the Red Cross site.

[sunala]

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@Mistreatedbycs wrote:

I sure would like MYPILLOW to create a fund that anyone can contribute to and they can send more pillows then.

I know it's the easiest thing to do the Red Cross but I'm still not convinced that everything that is donated goes to our people in Houston and the area.  It all goes into one big fund and distributed that way, I would like to think let's say if 10 million gets raised for Texas, that 10 million should be spent on Texas, it doesn't work like that...sad to say.

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I don't donate to the Red Cross. I never did and never will. There are other charities that I can trust and know the money will go into the right hands.

Bless all those people in need.