Re: Who would you guys donate money to for Katrina?

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:22:49 GMT, Bing <bingersFU2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>But, all that aside. How is it that me and you are neo-cons and we are
>helpin out in whatever way we can whilst the libs are bitchin and moanin
>about who's fault this is? WEG

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Subject: [AMLNews] Mensans Supports Hurricane Relief

Our thoughts are with the millions of people affected by Hurricane
Katrina. This tragedy hits close to home as, just last month, many of
us gathered in New Orleans for our Annual Gathering.

Several hundred Mensans live in the hurricane region and we have been
contacted by many members with offers to help them. We have set up a
special email address, hurricanerelief@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to facilitate
communication during this crisis. Please use this email address if
you have assistance to offer (housing available, supplies,
transportation, employment) or if you are a Mensa member who has been
affected, or had family affected, by the hurricane. Please be very
specific in your email; let us know your name, member number, location
and specific needs or ability to help. The National Office will
review these emails and attempt to connect members who can help each
other.

Many members have asked about donating through American Mensa to the
Red Cross. We are happy to facilitate this effort. Checks should be
made out to Red Cross - Disaster relief and sent to the National
Office. We will collect the donations and present them to the Red
Cross in the name of concerned Mensans in a few weeks. There are
other organizations which are collecting for these efforts as well and
we encourage you to give to the organization of your choice.

The National Office is located in Arlington, Texas, where local
shelters are being overrun with storm refugees. If you live in the
area and would like to donate supplies to the relief effort, please
feel free to bring them to the National Office, M-F, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
We will distribute the supplies to area shelters. Current needs for
area shelters are bottled water, non-perishable food, toiletries,
cleaning products and paper goods. The National Office is located at
1229 Corporate Dr W, Arlington, TX 76006.

Thank you to each person who has already contacted the National Office
with offers of assistance. Many members call Mensa their family and
it is truly wonderful to see this organization pull together as a true
family.
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Subject: Emergency housing drive at www.hurricanehousing.org. Pass it
on.

Do you have a spare room, bed or couch to offer a family fleeing
hurricane Katrina?

Click Here:
http://www.hurricanehousing.org/?id=5945-1588836-uAFVfhyYrKEQWz3r9trVAg

Please forward this message to anyone in the Southeast who can help.

Dear MoveOn member,

Hurricane Katrina's toll on communities, homes and lives has
devastated the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of
where to go next?and we can help.

Tens of thousands of newly homeless families are being bused to a
stadium in Houston, where they may wait for weeks or months. At least
80,000 are competing for area shelters, and countless more are in
motels, cars, or wherever they can stay out of the elements. The
Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross are scrambling
to find shelter for the displaced.

This morning, we've launched an emergency national housing drive to
connect your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a
place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a
spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available
housing online at:

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance
(about 300 miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially
New Orleans.

Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might
be able to help.

But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of
difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you
can.

The process is simple:

· You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of
whatever housing you have available, along with contact information.
You can change or remove your offer at any time.

· Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends
and relatives can search the site for housing. We'll do everything we
can to get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters
actually already have Internet access, but folks without 'net access
can still make use of the site through case workers and family
members.

· Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and
together decide if it's a good match and make the necessary travel
arrangements. The host's address is not released until a particular
match is agreed on.

If hosting doesn't work for you, please consider donating to the Red
Cross to help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can
give online at:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=859

As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this
together, and today is an important chance to put that idea to work.
There are thousands of families who have just lost everything and need
a place to stay dry. Let's do what we can to help.

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

Thanks for being there when it matters most.

?Noah Winer and the whole MoveOn.org Civic Action Team
Thursday, September 1st, 2005
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HTH
--
Cliff
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