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Spygirl
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04-23-2001

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spygirl a private message Print Post    
Wichita has filled 4 complete semi trucks full of supplies, three of which have already arrived or are on their way to the distribution centers in Louisiana and Texas. The 24/7 local fundraiser has raised a million dollars!!

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
I haven't heard yet what my company is doing to help...but, I helped in a small way today.

In my job, I work in various buildings throughout the day and today I was in an office suite doing my inspection. I overheard a lady talking about going to buy toys for the children of evacuee's.

I took the only 10 bucks I had and handed it to her and asked her to buy some coloring books or something.

She nearly started crying...I wish I could have given her more...but there will be opportunities in the coming months.

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Our college's student government association is sponsoring a raffle and a silent auction, and one faculty member is organizing donations from college faculty. I am not donating money at this time, since I am waiting to hear about the need of a friend, but I am donating two pieces of needlework to the auction and 20 hours of statistics tutoring, as well as a basket of real tossed-from-the-floats Mardi Gras beads and plastic Mardi Gras cups to be used as they see fit at the Welcome Back bash.

Kady
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07-30-2000

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kady a private message Print Post    
One of our local churches has taken in 8 families. I have donated blankets, pillows, soap, shampoo and stuff like that. I can't afford to make a big cash donation but I told them I would contribute each week what I could spare to help buy groceries.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
A free market thrives along Kirby
From Chronicle reporter Salatheia Bryant at the Astrodome:

A free market - literally - has emerged along Kirby across from Reliant Park.

As motorists lined up to add to a mountain of donated items, storm evacuees commandeered shopping carts from nearby parking lots to collect the goods.

The pile began developing near Kirby and McNee soon after word spread Wednesday that the Astrodome would house evacuees. Donors dropped off toys, clothes, diapers, sleeping mats, umbrellas, walkers and a bucket of cold soft drinks.

One man carrying at least five sleeping mats on his head said he was taking them back to make his stay at the Dome more comfortable.

Marsha Dupree, 32, said word of the impromptu donation center spread among the evacuees at the Dome. She was looking for clothes for herself and her children. She said clothes were available inside the Dome, but that lines to get them were long.

She said she needs clothes for a job search, so she can afford an apartment for herself and her family.

"I know I'm going to be here for a while," she said. "I might as well make this our home."

http://blogs.chron.com/domeblog/

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Every summer I teach a six week summer program at my university for poor and underrepresented students to acclimate them to college rigors in writing, etc. The kids take two courses and I have to teach everyday....it is intellectually draining to them and emotionally draining to all of us. This year, I have an exceptionally *human* group of students whose willingness to challenge themselves makes me shed tears almost every day--sometimes at the same moments they are.

I'd spoken to them about the hurricane this week and how angry it made me. But most of the students hadn't seen any footage because they are in dorms and almost none of them have TVs in the dorm rooms. So last night I taped the first 15 minutes of Keith Olbermann's show on MSNBC and brought it in for them to see. Keith had man-on-the-street interviews and, immediately after, a conversation with the photographer who did the interviews outside the NO Convention Center.

When the twelve minute tape ended, my students were in tears. They had no idea. I showed it to them because it made me angry and sad, but within ten minutes we had moved beyond those emotions, at their behest, and started formulating things we could do! So my students decided to start a food and clothing drive among the Summer Programs faculty, staff, and students. I had to get the approval of the administration....and now they are gathering whatever they can, and hectoring everyone they know, to give to the people left homeless by this tragedy.

It was astonishing to me. These kids have never had much themselves, but their hearts are so big and their humanity is so great....they are selfless. I try to salute them every day in each way I can, but today I want to do it repeatedly.

Our country's future is in great hands with kids like this.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 4:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
WOW! thanks for sharing, Tish!

Jewels
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09-23-2000

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jewels a private message Print Post    
I am a member of a local (Portland, OR) Yahoo! moms group and we are in the process of finding a Yahoo! moms group in the devastated area to "adopt". We have found one in NO that has affected members, one person has lost their house, another doesn't know the condition of their house after the water rose and looters came out. That person also has a preemie in the hospital that had to be evacuated to another hospital...the parents were away from her for a couple days. We are planning on contacting this group to see if we can help in any way.



Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
PAY IT FORWARD - For every decent thing anyone has ever done for me when I've been stuck, I wanted to help out these poor folks. So on the advice of ItsCarolee919, I went online and offered to call folks in Toronto on behalf of Katernina Victims who contact me.
Here's the link if YOU are interested in helping and have no idea what to do:
https://post.craigslist.org/btr/C/laf/none/x/qxRDCfye3FWNVDtf/ggx49


Mameblanche
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04-13-2005

Friday, September 02, 2005 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Yes I know its Katerina... but what's more important, spelling or helping. ;)

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 7:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Well, I don't have a job, so I'll submit this one. The drum corps my niece marched in over the summer put out this release:

The Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps of Casper, WY will provide transportation services for families evacuated to Houston, TX following the devastation caused by last week’s hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast region of the United States.

Scott Puryear, manager of charter operations, will lead two Troopers-owned Saber Stage Lines charter busses on Saturday September 3 to Houston, TX where they will assist with the relocation of hurricane victims to the Casper area. Once in Casper, relocated families will receive housing and employment assistance from Casper Community groups including the United Way and the American Red Cross.

The Troopers, in a recent meeting with Casper community leaders have also made their mobile kitchen available to the Red Cross for the relief effort in the Texas area. Another charter bus is on stand-by to transport Wyoming medical personnel to the effected area should the need arise.


Also, the web admin on the drum corps message board I'm on says he was watching Fox news, and they showed a convoy of buses carrying people out of the city. Most of the busses were Bill Cook's Star Charter Services, with the Star Of Indiana logo on the side of the bus. (Star of Indiana was a corps in the 90's. They still have other operations going on, and charter out their busses on a regular basis.



Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
If you would like to make a donation and know that it's going exactly where you want it. Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge has been designated the place for all woman and babies. They need all sorts of stuff!!!!

http://www.womans.org/

I have a friend that works there and here is her email...

It is primarily a maternity hospital with the largest acute NICU in the state. We have received expectant mothers and very sick preemies from New Orleans and are bursting at the seams. Our department is gathering donations for the following items:

Diapers – all sizes
Sanitary napkins
Plus sized maternity clothes (200 – 400 # women)
Baby bottles – all sizes
Baby wipes
Any diaper rash ointment
New infant car seats


Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
Southern Illinois University is admitting students from the hurricane area. So are all of the community colleges in Illinois (as per the governor's orders).

We had two semis of donated goods collected, loaded and left by Wednesday. There was a collection for the Red Cross at the Southeast Missouri State/SIU-C football game. The collections for the semis continues. A trucking owner in SE Missouri is sending 18 truckloads down. Our local weather guy (I think he is based in Paducah) is from NO and organized a donation center through the CBS station (Cape Gerardeau/Carbondale/Paducah). His Dad was on the local news the other day telling about what has gone on.

Many churches and families are opening their facilities/homes, but we haven't had any takers that I know of. We are a bit far for people evacuating.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I work for the corporate office of a company who has 115 yards all over the United States. 4 of our yards have been affected by the hurricane. Worst off is NO. Then Biloxi, Shreveport and Mobile. As of yesterday the only employees we could not account for were from the NO yard. Our execs are currently in Mississippi with the corporate jet. They are assessing the damage to the yards we can get to. Delivering paychecks, generators and supplies to our co-workers in need.

At our corporate office we have organized a blood & food drive for the victims.

Pcakes2
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08-29-2001

Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pcakes2 a private message Print Post    
I have already made a cash donation to the Red Cross. Many of you know that I have a small bath & body products business. I sent a case of small (hotel size) bars of soap to the Astrodome.

Each year during October (breast cancer awareness month), I sell "soap for a cure" soaps. They are a bag of 5 lil pink ribbon shaped soaps, and all the profits go to the SGK foundation. I have decided to do the same thing for the hurricane victims. They are a bag of 5 blue ribbon soaps...$5 a bag. I have sold some already to cowokers and neighbors. I am going to set up outside a shopping center this weekend. My goal is to raise another $1000.

BTW...if anyone is interested in helping out...selling at schools, infront of stores, or door to door to their neighbors, please email me and I can send you some bags. These only cost me $1 to make, so for every bag sold, $4 is going to the Hurricane victims. if interested, email me at pcakes2@yahoo.com

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 5:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
Wow guys! This is so encouraging to read this. We don't have cable at the Center, so I haven't been able to watch national tv since Monday. THANK YOU!

I'm seeing a few posts of offering to take in evacuees. As you can imagine, being 100 miles west of New Orleans, our population has exploded since last Sunday.

We're compiling lists at the local level, cause we're being bombarded with evacuees asking for info.

Feel free to email me the info at ddr@cajuncountry.org

Mwtaaa3
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09-08-2003

Monday, September 05, 2005 - 7:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mwtaaa3 a private message Print Post    
First of all, I'd like to say a big thank you to Ddr and everyone else - I love your posts and am so impressed to hear of the good that you've been able to do along with all of the other wonderful members of TVCH! This place amazes me - how many wonderful, caring people are out there!

I live in Harrison County in Kentucky and our community is trying to help out in Harrison County, Mississippi by adopting it as our sister county. Our small country church took up a special offering and collected $4000. All of the churches were all supposed to do this yesterday. I haven't heard the numbers for anyone else. There is a local man that is with the Salvation Army and he is taking donations that will go directly to Harrison County, MS. My daughter is on the volleyball team and she brought home a letter requesting them to fill a shoebox with lots of items for a care package. The band at our high school is doing that too. I've even received a letter from our elementary school that the local schools are trying to raise money to send to Gulfport, MS schools. It was heart warming to see all of those children bring in their pennies when we did the same thing for the Tsunami relief. I'm sure we will have a wonderful response to this request too.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, September 05, 2005 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Two days ago the donations from Orange County had reached $7,000,000 with five million coming from a large mortgage company. Those numbers will continue to rise.

There are also people taking in those without homes and I've read about employers, one was a restaurant with stores in the affected area, giving jobs to those employees as well.

Petco is collecting money, Albertsons is collecting money (these are just places where I've shopped and donated)
and I got this email from a great site where I've bought cds (they are a great company to begin with)


quote:

Hi Lynn -

Over 5000 amazing musicians have chosen to donate ALL money from the
sale of their CD *directly* to the Red Cross disaster relief fund.


You can hear and buy their CDs, here:
http://cdbaby.com/group/redcross

If you've been seeing the images of New Orleans after Hurricane
Katrina and have thought about donating to help those in need, please
consider buying some albums from that page.

You're free to listen to up to half of every album in
instant-streaming MP3, so I hope you use this as an excuse to
discover some great new music while knowing your money is going to a
good cause.

http://cdbaby.com/group/redcross

Thank you.

--
Derek Sivers, CD Baby
http://cdbaby.com/

P.S. If you never want us to email you ever again, please just click
this link to let us know : http://cdbaby.com/e?u=772373&p=zW1j





Redstar
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07-08-2005

Friday, September 23, 2005 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Redstar a private message Print Post    
Story on Katrina evacuee who is now enrolled at my university:

http://www.wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_id=3811

I'm the co-advisor for our adult student group, and Sesame has joined - she's a real sweetheart, and I'm so glad WIU was able to help!

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Friday, September 23, 2005 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
I know that for hurrican Katrina my company matched dollar for dollar what the employees raised. the employees raised $21,000.00 so $42,000.00 was sent to the red cross
Massachusetts also has about 500 evacuees from Katrina and the Gov. has annouced that we are ready for more from hurricane Rita.

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
My firm sent in $300,000 to the Red Cross. The employees donated $194,000, the firm contributed $105,000 and contributed another $100,000 to some Companies down on the Gulf Coast that lost quite a bit.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
That's fantastic, Ginger!

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
And we just finished shooting a video for the Red Cross, that Bill Clinton will use to solicit donations. It was very very exciting to do.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Where do you work Ginger? That does sound exciting!

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
The video was not for my job. It was for the Red Cross, and was donated by Mayor Bloomberg. We have done a lot for the Red Cross since our fire. We had a fundraiser and we became close with the CEOs of the New York Red Cross. Well, Bill Clinton is being honored on October 20th by the Red Cross and he will be given this video to take with him to solicit donations for the Red Cross. It is very exciting. We have already done a promotional video for the local chapter of the Red Cross.
But besides that I work in a large law firm in NYC

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Sunday, September 25, 2005 - 2:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Your company made this video or you as a volunteer for the red cross?
It sounds very cool.