Missouri Bankers offer aid with Red Cross funds

Many members of the Mis-souri Bankers Association are participating in a coordinated effort to collect funds donated to the American Red Cross, according to an MBA news release.

Because scam artists are taking advantage of the tragedy in New York City and at the Pentagon and conducting fraudulent fund-raising activities, banks and savings loans throughout Missouri are acting as collection points for Red Cross donations or have initiated in-house disaster relief projects.

The Missouri Bankers As-sociation, a statewide trade and professional organization representing 371 banks and savings and loans, encourages Mis-sourians to make disaster relief donations only through established and legitimate organizations.

(This article originally appeared in the Oct. 3 issue of the SBJ Daily Update.)