'Sick to my stomach': Charities discovering the hard way how Facebook changed its donation process

INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — Many of the birds at Carolina Waterfowl Rescue (CWR) in Indian Trail have ruffled feathers, literally. Others are missing beaks.Executive Director Jennifer Gordon told Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke that children attacked one of the ducks that’s a patient of theirs now. They’re also treating a swan that veterinarians thought they’d have to put to sleep, but he’s taken a few steps since.These birds are surviving and the charity is hoping to do the same.CWR has been around for almost 25 years. Gordon says it’s always a challenge but especially now that Facebook changed its donation process.“I was just literally sick to my stomach the whole time. I’m sure I cried, I don’t even know how many times,” Gordon said.Facebook made multiple changes.First, Facebook will no longer cover the processing fees on donations. Charities or donors will have to.Second, for those of you who make a one-time donation to a certain charity, Facebook is teaming up with PayPal which will then distribute it to the nonprofit, which could take anywhere from 15 to 90 days.If you run a nonprofit and want to keep receiving one-time donations, you have to fill out this information by Oct. 31.Third, and
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