To: Peach
amom drove 36 hours to volunteer in the shelter. She is fine and doing what I wish I could do.
I sent my daughter to Wal-Mart to buy $20 gift cards, and had her deliver them to local Motels and Hotels, we have many from Mississippi and Alabama here in Midland, Texas.
The Red Cross has put over $350,000,000 in the general disaster relief fund. I don't know if this is good thing or not.
To: Yellow Rose of Texas
She drove that far to volunteer her time? I'm VERY impressed. I hope she's careful; there have been some disturbing reports of violence at the shelters.
1,583 posted on
09/05/2005 12:28:37 PM PDT by
Peach
(South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
To: Yellow Rose of Texas
I sent my daughter to Wal-Mart to buy $20 gift cards, and had her deliver them to local Motels and Hotels, we have many from Mississippi and Alabama here in Midland, Texas. The Red Cross has put over $350,000,000 in the general disaster relief fund. I don't know if this is good thing or not.
Thank you -- this is precisely what I've been saying all week long!
It's nice that people are making cash donations, but it's a lot more personal to hand someone a Wal-Mart gift card so they can get *exactly* what *they* need, from personal hygiene supplies to groceries to medicine to automotive needs. There was a story posted in an earlier thread where all one elderly lady wanted was some press-on nails to make herself feel good again, and I don't think a check to a general disaster relief fund would have paid for that.
Thank you for your generosity, Yellow Rose!!!
3,211 posted on
09/05/2005 8:54:15 PM PDT by
buickmackane
(reporting from Pineville, Rapides Parish, LA)
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