No matter how much was raised, it isn't enough. PLEASE DONATE TO THE RED CROSS. There may be up to a million Americans who now qualify as refugees. This is not right. This is the United States. We can rectify this situation. We must.
DOWNTIME I will be out of town (and part of the time out of the country) on a business/pleasure trip for about the next 10 days or so. That means posting will be light. Perhaps close to nonexistant.
I have always relied on the WiFi of strangers.
And so it goes.
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Couldn't find an email for ya, OG, so I thought I'd post this here:
Friends,
If you are in the Champaign-Urbana-Savoy area, I want to let you know that there is a local food drive happening this week to help hurricane survivors in rural Mississippi who have not received much help.
Food and toiletries are being collected at the Illinois Employment Training Center on Mattis near Bradley Ave this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (Sept 13, 14, 15) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and again from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m on all three days. There is a 53-ft trailer that needs filling! Please contribute if you are able. If you need pick-up of your contributions, please call (217) 369-2853.
This food drive is sponsored by CU Citizens for Peace & Justice, CUAP, Salem Baptist Church, TLC Trucking and many others.
I know many of you have donated money to hurricane relief, please consider if you can also donate something from your pantry. These folks need immediate assistance! The only food that is coming there is coming by volunteer trucks such as this one. There is not food available to buy and there has been no FEMA support yet.
Please forward to others in the Urbana, Champaign and Savoy region.
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The truck will head to State Line, MS and may also make a stop in Laurel, MS. I got this info. directly from the driver of the truck last night. This effort is a combination effort of folks who worked on the truck that went out last Monday and folks from the CU Area Project and some local black ministers.
Truck leaves bright and early Friday and so all donations will stop being taken at 8pm on Thursday.
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I've been told by Carol that they are mostly looking for food since there is so little to eat there. Toiletries would also be helpful.
I've been given no other specifics about what types of food but here is what I think would be most helpful: water, bottled sauces for pasta (or mixes IF there is usable water), cans of soup, canned veggies, canned fruit, a few cans of ground coffee, canned anything. The food needs to be non-perishable; the truck will get hot inside. I also think donations of can openers, disposable plates and cups, and things to cook in would also be
good.
Toiletries: I'm thinking that things such as shampoo, soap, baby wipes, diapers, toilet paper would also be in short supply there. If you have other usable items for people who have lost everything, now is a good time
to donate.
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