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To: George W. Bush

I knew what you meant to say.

I'm off to put together boxes of clothes to send to the now homeless folks of my home state. Hopefully, there will be local charities organizing the shipment of supplies from here to there.


1,314 posted on 08/31/2005 8:14:16 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour
I'm off to put together boxes of clothes to send to the now homeless folks of my home state. Hopefully, there will be local charities organizing the shipment of supplies from here to there.

God bless you for your thoughtfulness.

However, your clothing will likely be thrown away. Charities simply can't deal with sorting and distributing clothing in a catastrophe like this. The Salvation Army said they were overwhelmed with clothing during the four hurricanes in Florida last year, and they simply stored the stuff in warehouses, then threw it all away.

Charities need money to buy gift cards or to buy food or specific items of clothing for specific people.

Your heart's in the right place, but, please, give your clothing to Goodwill or one of your local charities for people in your community.

1,374 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:09 AM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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