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Ara
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 08:13 am: | 
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Agreed, concerning the Salvation Army. They have proven themselves to be excellent stewards of disaster relief donations. Not so, the American Red Cross.
Here's another way to help. My wife is the microbiology laboratory manager at a local hospital and has arranged for a Life South blood donation bus to be at our church a couple Sundays from now. The church is sponsoring a blood drive and the blood will be earmarked for Katrina relief. We're going to get the other two Episcopal Churches in the area involved, so it'll be a three-parish effort. We've also informed the Diocese of our efforts and have asked them to push the concept Diocese-wide. There's more to give than money! If your church or company will sponsor a blood drive you could be saving lives in the most direct manner possible. |
Firebolt020283
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 02:53 pm: |
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i maybe deploying to the N.O. area soon to help with the relife effort here soon. as I type im on a 2 hour stand by (in other words if i get a phone call i got 2 hours to get my butt to work cuz im going over there). |
Jerseyguy
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 05:35 pm: |
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We sent $100 to the Salvation Army on Thursday. I prefer to give to faith based organizations. You can donate online via your credit card. |
Ara
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 07:47 pm: |
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Donald, my prayers go with you. Thank you, sir, for your selflessness. Please be careful. |
Firebolt020283
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 04:19 pm: |
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well if it counts we will be armed (but then again i will be carrying money) my mission overthere if i still have to go (not sure yet if still going) is to basicly fund the recovery and provide funds to soldiers that use banks that were affected by the storm. |
Firebolt020283
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 04:21 pm: |
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but it wont be to mad im from louisiana (lake charles which was not hit at all) and my mom said if i did go down there she would drive down there and feed my unit |
Superdave
| | Posted on Sunday, September 04, 2005 - 11:22 pm: |
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Firebolt20283 - I will be doing volunteer work at the temp hospital at the N.O. airport. If you are in that area and have time (we'll be busy I know) then look for the HPC workers. I should be with that group. |
Chasespeed
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 03:35 am: |
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Well, my unit, and LOTS others are out in the gulf of mexico.
There is alot going on that isnt being televised(i think, I dont have tv here). We have all been busy....I for one, just finally got some sleep, from, about 6pm, to about an huors ago(CST here)
So.. back to work, just here checking my email.
We are doing what we can...
Chase |
Firebolt020283
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 12:36 pm: |
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ok will do superdave though i think most of the time ill be in camp shelby which is in mississippi |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Monday, September 05, 2005 - 01:29 pm: |
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Superdave, got your phone messages and e-mail.
Thanks a million for your efforts and your friends' as well!
rt |
Jlnance
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 12:39 pm: |
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I saw on CNN that LA is filing some criminal charges against a couple nursing home operators because they didn't evacuate their patients who later drowned in the flood.
They were asked to evacuate and they didn't, so I can sort of see the states point. At the same time, given how many mistakes the state made in dealing with this, it seems somewhat hipocritical to prosecute others for theirs. |
Mikej
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 12:53 pm: |
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There are also rumors and reports of other things happening in hospitals and clinics down there. That "news" is just starting to surface. |
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