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Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, January 10, 2005 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, Half! How cool is that??? Instead of doing an employee matching thing, doing the opposite! And the victims of the tsunami benefit!

Dang startup company. I know there is no way in heck the VCs will let us donate anything, as a corporation. They have some pretty tight fists on ye olde dollar bill!

Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Monday, January 10, 2005 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Costa, lol, yes - we can't refuse a challenge! I believe we have 35,000 or so employees in the US and Canada, so even if everyone only gives $2.00 we've got them beat.

We are a Fortune 300 company, so TPTB give when it is a large disaster. They made a large contribution to the Red Cross following the WTC tradgedy in NYC also.

I may gripe about them from time to time, but it's a good company to work for. :-)


Halfunit
Member

09-02-2001

Monday, January 10, 2005 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(I just went and looked and to clarify, we have 38,600 employees at 260 locations and gave $500,000 to the Red Cross for 9/11.)

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Monday, January 10, 2005 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That is the good side of large corparations.. matching donations and support of volunteerism.



Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Monday, January 10, 2005 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, Half! Y'all are gonna beat the contribution by your company in no time flat! And that's a good thing!

I'll have to start paying attention... I wonder if any of our large companies here in San Diego have donated. Qualcomm comes to mind, but I've not heard if they've done anything.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 - 1:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Canada to raise disaster aid to $425M

OTTAWA - Canada will earmark more than $425 million over five years to help countries rebuild after the devastating tsunami. Prime Minister Paul Martin made the announcement this afternoon in Ottawa.

The funds – a dramatic jump from the $80 million already pledged – would bring Canada's contribution almost even with that of the United States, which currently stands at about $427 million Cdn.

(click link for more info)


Toronto couple donates $5 million to tsunami relief


TORONTO - A Toronto couple has made a record donation to the Canadian Red Cross to help with tsunami relief in Asia.

Kroum and Eva Pindoff gave the Red Cross a cheque for $5 million on Monday. The charity says it's the largest personal donation it has ever received for a disaster appeal.

(click link for more info)

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For anyone who cared that I was worried about the scam email, here was World Vision's reply to me today:

Thank you for your e-mail message.

I can confirm that this is a legitimate e-mail that was sent out by World Vision Canada.

If you were interested in giving a donation you may do so with the link that was provided in the e-mail or by going to www.worldvision.ca. The link given will send you directly to the screen for giving donations to the tsunami and earthquake relief in South Asia.

Feel free to pass the e-mail along to family and friends.

You can help by raising awareness of the current need. World Vision Canada has set a goal of $15 million in support of the South Asia earthquake and tsunami victims.

If you have any further requests, feel free to contact us.

David
Customer Service Representative
World Vision Canada
1-800-268-4888




Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 3:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    


Proceeds were being generated for the tsunami victims.

http://www.royalcityrecord.com/issues05/012205/news/012205nn7.html

Larry Thomas, who played New York's famed 'Soup Nazi' on NBC's Seinfeld, is coming to the Royal City to ladle out soups named on the television show to Royal City residents at Green's Diner.

Leona Green, the owner of the Columbia Street diner, used her own money to bring Thomas to New Westminster from Los Angeles to help raise funds for tsunami relief.

"Every cent will go to the fund," said Green.

(New Westminster, also known as Royal City, is a city in the Area of Vancouver. The cities in Vancouver have a population of around a million )

Bastable
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07-09-2002

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wish the news channels would provide a little more coverage of the people and how they're doing.

This story seemed to fall off the radar, just as I feared it would. This is the first post in this thread for three weeks!

I would love to see more about the people there on TV. They're still working through things--it's not even close to being over.

Eeyoreslament
Member

07-20-2003

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Our local news did an interview with a girl yesterday, which was really interesting. She started this group here in Vancouver, called Adopt-a-village. She wasn't satisfied with giving money to the major organizations, because not a single one could tell her exactly WHERE her money would go, and she wanted to make sure her money GOT THERE. Anyways, they adopted a specific village, and put a team together, and went and helped out. And all 7000$ she raised went to the village in Sri Lanka. Nice story.

Here is their information link:

ADOPT-A-VILLAGE - Vancouver


Click "View all messages" to see the rest of the information.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 1:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was wondering the same thing Bastable. I would like to see how people are doing, how the new housing is coming etc.

Canada sent over a D.A.R.T. (disaster assistant resource team) to help and aid in any way they can, I would like to see how their work is coming.


We have a family from Kerala India that we help/sponser and haven't been able to find out yet if they survived, were affected the Tsunami. The waiting and not knowing is the hard part.

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Bastable-There was a show Saturday on Discovery interviewing those who survived the Tsumnami but I haven't seen anything on the rebuilding.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A group of about 20 left Portland yesterday to go as just tourists in order to give the Sri Lankan tourist industry a boost. These countries need the tourists to come back as soon as possible.

Bastable
Member

07-09-2002

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Absolutely! I would love to go to Thailand this summer. Those people are so friendly. It stinks that this has happened to them and their livelihoods. The beaches are still just as beautiful, and they will do anything for your business. This year, go to Thailand instead of the Caribbean! It's actually cheaper, even after you include airfare!

Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have always wanted to go to Indonesia. Maybe I will save and go in 2006. When is the best time to go Bastable? I don't care if it's tourist season either..I want to go when the weather is best.

Bastable
Member

07-09-2002

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ZM, the best time to go to Indonesia is May to October (rainy season otherwise--although not necessarily in Thailand), although to be honest, its beach resorts have nothing on Thailand's. (To say nothing of its food.) Also, Thailand's resorts are in good shape, while Indonesia's are pretty battered. The worst time to go to Indonesia is December/January, during Ramadan, when everything is full.

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
british columbia news
Wednesday, Feb 23, 2005
Tsunami photos show B.C. couple's final moments

VANCOUVER (CBC) - The three sons of a couple from North Vancouver killed in Thailand by the tsunami disaster have received pictures of their parents' last few days, and the huge wave that took their lives.
John and Jackie Knill were on vacation in Khao Lak, and their sons weren't optimistic about their chances of survival.

- FROM DEC.30, 2004: B.C. men head to Thailand to search for family

The couple's bodies were found, but it wasn't until autopsies were carried out in Thailand two weeks ago, that the fears of family and friends were confirmed.

But the couple's images survived in their digital camera discovered recently by a Seattle man doing relief work in Thailand Patrick Knill says he and his brothers were overcome with mixed emotions, looking at the images of their parents enjoying their vacation -- and then the ominous final shots of the big waves coming toward them.

"At first I didn't want to even look at them. Then once I looked at them a few more times times I got to really stare at them," Knill says.

"I saw that the waves were just so huge and powerful and people were just standing there."

Knill says he does feel some comfort in what he can only imagine as his parents last few moments alive.

"I just picture my parents hugging each and knowing it would happen and taking pictures, just in case someone found the camera and it did survive, they'd have something to see."

John and Jackie Knill's cremated remains are coming home from Thailand. And their son says his parents will be remembered at a family memorial service next week.

John Knill was a well known composer who ran a recording studio on the North Shore.

Twelve Canadians are now confirmed dead from the tsunami, with 13 still unaccounted for.

© the CBC, 2005
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Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Miz, I saw those photos in the Province today. Heartbreaking to me...

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ya, it certainly is heartbreaking. I saw the pics on the news this morning.