September 2, 2005
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Peer pressure
Blogger contributions for flood aid can be logged here. Certainly we can all give a few days' pay.
I gave to Mercy Corps, but I suggest you find the charity that works for you.
But just do it now. The earlier they have the money, the faster they can add resources. It's going to be a beautiful weekend here in the Northeast. I wanted to enjoy it knowing I did something.
I tell you what. I'll donate up to another $1,000 to match further contributions referencing this blog as logged on Truth Laid Bear. On your honor - you actually made the donation, and you made it after reading this. Send me an email (dreck-at-janegalt.net).
UPDATE: Thanks Amber, Mark Garbowski and Dr. Ann Sherman for donating.
In addition to a significant donation, David Walser is hosting a party to make Hygiene Kits (I had some trouble with that link, try going to providentliving.org and follow 'caring for others', 'humanitarian services', 'make humanitarian kits'. As he points out:
Since we have a desire to give of our time and effort in addition to our cash, we are going to host a party at our house to assemble hygiene kits. Here's a link that
describes the purpose of the kits:http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,3471-1-1607-1,00.
html.Obviously, the kits might not be ready in time to be of much help for those displaced by hurricane Katrina. If not, they will be available when the next disaster comes. (Our neighborhood assembled a few thousand kits in response to the tsunami disaster. The need created by the tsunami had exhausted the supply of kits. The kits made in response to the tsunami have been used in the disasters that followed. That may be the case with any kits we assemble now.)
I only mention this because my sense is that there are many who longing to do something more than give cash.
Good idea.
ANOTHER LARGE DONATION from reader "Hank". Well done. I see there have been a few donations without an email to me - 'fling93', technofunk, Jeff Boulier, Sean Davis. I think they are going for the pound cake (see next post). Jane and I will have to sort that out.
I really couldn't decide what blog to credit, as so many of them are pushing this. I thought it was Hewitt that recommended Mercy Corps (and credited his blog with my donation), but I see I was wrong. Oops.
Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at September 2, 2005 12:27 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksKudos on your efforts to bring relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. There is another way bloggers and other thoughtful people can help:
I have opened forums at www.DisasterReliefIdeas.org for the discussion of ideas to aid disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I am not soliciting donations, only ideas. Experts in aspects of disaster relief (housing, healthcare, rebuilding, etc.) are also able to rate these ideas, giving us a means of identifying the most promising ones, which will be shared with disaster relief professionals and persons in authority. Please help our society by contributing your ideas, especially if you are unable to contribute financially to relief efforts.
I was thinking earlier, I'm amazed there has been no talk of the 1993 Midwestern floods. Seems like so long ago, I had to look them up again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_of_1993
Look at the pictures, the cities covered in water.
http://www.dmww.com/general_flood93_gallery.asp
Then remember the flood covered 400,000 square miles at it's peak, for as long as 200 days in some instances. It completely overwhelmed the feds.
This was only 12 years ago, after yesterday, and thinking the nation was going to hell, this kinda cheered me up. We'll come out of this stronger than ever!
Yeah, I was lured in by the pound cake. Hard to resist those!
Could you have been influenced by Mark Steyn? He was the first blogger I saw that was pushing Mercy Corps donations.
Re: The "marry" comment above. You'd think google spammers would be *slightly* more devious.
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