I Donated!

I'd like to sincerely thank all of you for your highly appreciated donations. Here's just one example of how your donations are helping people, even me.



If you look in my "Thank you" thread, you will see that I was just kicked out of where I was staying and was practically homeless until today searching for a room to rent. Well, I ended up in a small town in Miss., checked in today, and just found out a few minutes ago that The American Red Cross is picking up my hotel tab for the next 14 days. The hotel received a fax instructing them to credit everyone's accounts for the next 14 days that are from the New Orleans area. I can't tell you guys how much this helps. I finally have a place to live without having to worry about running out of money or getting kicked out, at least for the next two weeks. God Bless you all.
 
The wife and I donated $20 at www.redcross.org.



We also decided to sign up for an automatic payroll deduction to the United Way of $5 each. It's not much, but it will go out each month. This is going to be a long road.
 
We donated to the red cross and my wifes company matches it %100. We also sent all our old (almost new) baby cloths to the church that is a temp shelter for the neonatel intensive care unit fot the evacuated babies on New Orleans. Our local MOPS chapter organized it.
 
When my country was hit by the Tsunami in December, US Marines were on the ground within days helping with the relief efforts.



Donating $25 to the American Red Cross is the least I could do...
 
I donated my time and three cases of toilet paper to The Cajun Dome in Lafayette where I live. The Guard brought about 10,000 people there from the Super-Dome. We also went and picked up and distributed two Ford Expeditions full to the top in back full of food goods and water that was donated by Lafayette PD and City Marshals. I'm not sure of the absolute truth to it, but I heard 9-11% of all money donated to the Red Cross is used as administrative fees. I read The Salvation Army on the other hand uses 100% of the money for victims. I'm not knocking the SA, they are awesome - I'd just rather donate to a cause that went 100% to the victims. Thanks to all who have donated, there is going to be need long after the news finds something else to focus on.
 
JDookie said:
I'd like to sincerely thank all of you for your highly appreciated donations. Here's just one example of how your donations are helping people, even me.



If you look in my "Thank you" thread, you will see that I was just kicked out of where I was staying and was practically homeless until today searching for a room to rent. Well, I ended up in a small town in Miss., checked in today, and just found out a few minutes ago that The American Red Cross is picking up my hotel tab for the next 14 days. The hotel received a fax instructing them to credit everyone's accounts for the next 14 days that are from the New Orleans area. I can't tell you guys how much this helps. I finally have a place to live without having to worry about running out of money or getting kicked out, at least for the next two weeks. God Bless you all.



Mark my words, when I finally get out of all this and have access to my money again, I am going to make the absolute biggest donation I can afford. I have an appreciation for the A.R.C. and the Salvation Army like I never have before.
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JDookie - I know I may not be the closest person, but I've got an extra bedroom here in Lubbock that you are more than welcome to stay in for as long as you need.
 
I know a lot of us have seen way too much of this tragedy on televison. A tornado came through our town several years ago. When we went to the affected area to help in clean up, we were astonished that the pictures were so inadequate in reflecting the damage. There is no way I can imagine the level of destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi. We've donated through our church. The wife wrote a check for half her month's salary. We may be eating beans for a while, but hopefully, the affected folks will be eating too. I'd give blood, but I've still got about three weeks before my 56 days is up from the last donation. Hopefully I can find some time to assist in the work around here to help evacuees who have come up here for help.
 
I have just returned from 7 days in the 'Red Zone' (area south of the tracks) of both Gulfport and Biloxi

We were there to chainsaw and gut homes of water damage... I simply can't describe the experience



Jim
 
i just spent a few days in texas helping out with the red cross; it's a horrible thing that happened, but it's nice to see that they're trying to get people back on their feet and with some semblance of normal life as fast as possible.



seeing first hand the people with nothing but the clothes on their back and being completely seperated from their loved ones is so much more depressing than when you just see it on TV. i really hope people don't just get tired of this and forget about it after a few weeks - this is going to take a lot of time and patience.
 
There has been extremely poor coverage of Hurrican Rita. Most of Southwestern Louisiana was under water for a good period. I've spent the last four days handing out food (MRE's) water, ice and cleaning supplies to a town (Erath) that was entirely under water. I really don't get why there was so little National news coverage of it!?
 
Casebrius said:
There has been extremely poor coverage of Hurrican Rita. Most of Southwestern Louisiana was under water for a good period. I've spent the last four days handing out food (MRE's) water, ice and cleaning supplies to a town (Erath) that was entirely under water. I really don't get why there was so little National news coverage of it!?
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Quite probably it's because the press picks and chooses what it decides to feed us every day. That is one reason blogs are so popular. Bloggers frequently, but not always, provide info that is less tainted to meet the networks agenda.
 
My donation went to the International Association of Fire Fighters Firefighters Relief Fund, which assists my Brother and Sister firefighters who lost their homes to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.



Marlborough Firefighters Local 1714, IAFF also made a thousand dollar donation to the IAFF Firefighters Relief Fund.
 
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