What Is Lower Than Stealing From A Charity?

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Plunge writes:

Not long ago, I wrote a post asking for your help with a problem with the shipping company, Atlas Line, that we have used to ship all of the donated items to Iraq. The response was wonderful! Many of you called Atlas Line, others wrote email and one person even visited them for us. We thought the problem was solved. We were wrong.

In simple terms, Atlas Line has $30,000 that belongs to Operation Give and we want it back! At the end of this post, I’ll go into a bit more detail for those wanting to understand the situation more fully. For now, here are the simple facts.

(UPDATE: Timeline of events is now added at the end of the post.)
(UDPATE II: Images of cancelled checks now available)

Operation Give has shipped three cargo containers full of toys and other donated items for the children of Iraq.

We used the company, Atlas Line, to arrange this for us.

All three cargo containers passage has been paid in full.

Because of the dangerous situation in Iraq, the Kuwaiti company responsible for the containers required a $10,000 per container deposit after some difficulty delivering the first container to Baghdad. We learned of this AFTER all three containers had been shipped.

Operation Give paid this deposit through Atlas Lines.

The last deposit check for $20,000 was credited to the bank account of Atlas Line on June 20th. This is nearly a month after the first deposit check for $10,000 was credited to their account.

Atlas Line was supposed to WIRE this money to the company in Kuwait immediately upon receipt.

Atlas Line has given various excuses, from saying the bank held the checks, to saying they sent the checks via FedEx, to saying they were sent via regular mail, to claiming they had cleared their accounts, back to saying they would send the checks. ALL of these statements have been shown to be false.

After every excuse, Atlas Line has refused to show even a basic amount of proof that any of actions have been taken.

So what is the solution?

Currently, Operation Give is demanding that Atlas Line cancel any checks that have supposedly been cut and that they refund the $30,000 to Operation Give via wire IMMEDIATELY.

Operation Give has made separate arrangements to have the toys and other items delivered to Baghdad and no longer needs nor wants the services of Atlas Line.

We are asking for your help in making this happen. We are asking any and all interested parties to contact Atlas Line via phone, email, snail mail or in person and to demand that they refund Operation Give’s money so that it can be used to help the children of Iraq.

Their contact information is:

Atlas Line (http://atlas-line.com)
President: Alicia Ludwig

Atlas Line (USA), Inc.
650 Atlanta South Parkway, Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30349

Phone: 404-766-4676
Fax: 404-209-8493

Please note that Atlas Line can solve this problem in a matter of MINUTES. That is all it takes to wire money, minutes! After wiring the funds, proof can be faxed to Operation Give in SECONDS. We will no longer accept ANY excuses and will NOT post about any solutions until proof is given!

Call, write, email Fox News, CNN, MSNBC or whoever you watch. This needs to be made national news.