Nashville charities reject immigrants' kids

[spanone]

i won't give these 'charities' one red cent.


This year, 4-year-old Karla Montiel asked Santa Claus for a baby doll.

Her parents knew filling that request would be tough. Her father works in the recession-crushed construction industry, and jobs have been scarce. So in October, Karla's mother, Nancy Lara, filled out an application to participate in the http://www.uss.salvationarmy.org/uss/www_uss_nashville_ac.nsf">Salvation Army's Angel Tree program, which matches gifts to needy children.

A week later, Karla's mother told her she wouldn't be getting the doll. While Karla has a Social Security card, her mother does not. Only U.S. citizens and legal immigrants with permission to work get those, and Angel Tree requires them from applicants.

"It saddens me because I was hopeful for my little girl," Lara said. "Initially, I was told because she was born here that she qualified. Then they called me telling me she won't get the toy."

Angel Tree and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots, two of the nation's largest holiday gift programs, require parents to produce Social Security numbers for themselves and their children, along with proof of income and personal identification. The local leader of one group said such policies protect the programs from fraud and satisfy donors who want to be sure only local families are being helped.

But the result is that children, some of them U.S. citizens, are excluded because of immigration decisions beyond their control.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091213/NEWS01/912130366/Nashville+charities+reject+immigrants++kids

[pampango]

1. Karla may be a US citizen, but apparently she has the "wrong" parents.

I guess some of us are more "American" than others.

A really sad story. Thanks for posting it.

[asdjrocky]

2. America, what a country.

[spanone]

3. merry christmas, but fuck those who aren't americans...ain't that sumpin'

'satisfy donors who want to be sure only local families are being helped.' i guess people give with stipulations......bah humbug to them

[Terra Alta]

4. This is why I never give to the Salvation Army.

[spanone]

5. 'angel tree' and toys for tots' NOT just salvation army

[MidwestTransplant]

14. I have a bunch to donate also. I will give to another organization.

[Earth_First]

6. I'll make sure that this gets disseminated...

Thanks for sharing this unfortunate news.

[madmom]

7. Thanks for this info, I stopped giving to salvation army years ago. Now the others are

off limits as well.

[JANdad]

8. Yep...I'll be damned...there it is...what a load of crap!

http://www.uss.salvationarmy.org/USS/www_uss_nashville_ac.nsf/vw-sublinks/836EFF0DD5BE91AD8525763100776EC4?openDocument


The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program 2009

Serving children newborn to 12 years of age



In order to register, you must bring all of the following items with you.

1. State Issued Photo ID only and/or State Issued Drivers License for all applicants.

2. Official Proof of Address. (must be within the past month; phone bill, electric bill, tax return, lease, etc.)..Please note that if more than one family lives in the same house, all members of the household need to be present and sign up together.

3. Government Issued Social Security Card for parent and children. (must be an official document – SS card, school record.) We will not accept Tenn Care/Insurance cards

4. Official ID showing age of children. (birth certificate, public housing lease, school record, statement from DHS listing children’s names, DOB and SSN etc.). (Those who are pregnant need to present documentation from physician stating their due date is before December 31, 2009)

5. Official Proof of Income. (must be recent, within the past month paycheck, award letter, 2009 Income tax statement.. If paid in cash, must have proof on official letterhead)

[WT Fuheck]

9. sometimes I hate this city

(And country)

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. If they can't give a kid a toy at Christmas,

eff them all! It may be the only thing that that child would get.

I hope all of them hear chains rattling at the ends of their beds.

Do they not realize that Baby Jeebus wouldn't get a toy either?

[ellie]

11. And that, children, is why I never donate

to the Salvation Army.

[Nikki Stone1]

12. Private charities can have their own rules. That is why there needs to be public funding for things

But, then, TPTB know this.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. The Salvation Army has claimed they aren't checking residency

Sounds like all of their local chapters didn't get the memo.

[4_TN_TITANS]

15. Was Christ a legal U.S. citizen?

Jeez, these organizations and people SO miss the fucking point.

[Blue_Tires]

16. ttt...thanks for this...

[NightWatcher]

17. and Christ said "Suffer the little children come unto me, but not the damned foreigners"

wow, gives you a warm fuzzy