[Yellow Rose of Texas]

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.

[Peach]

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.

[buickmackane]

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!!!