I was clobbered by a FReeper for including nice dresses in the clothing shipment - it would be impractical, I was told. Of course, I pointed out there are many, many proud Louisiana church going women who likely miss their Sunday dresses.
I meant to post to you when that came up but didn't get around to it. Not only will they want to go to church but many will also want to look for jobs. I know I personally couldn't look for work in sweats (or show up for a job that way.)
Molly Henningberg of FOX did a piece yesterday about an elderly lady at the shelter in Baton Rouge who was sad because she had always worn a white dress to church on Sunday. So some of the relief workers chipped in and bought her a lovely dressy white dress and shoes to wear today. It was a sweet story.
John Grishalm and his wife have started a relief fund for Mississippi victims-they seeded it with a $5 million donation...No more checking Grishalm's out of the library for me-I will purchase his hardback novels now (with the money that I definitely will not be spending on Celine Dion CDs.)
It really makes a person feel better if they have something nice to wear or even a china tea cup to drink their coffee out of.
I never thought about that. My bad? You're absolutely right, though. The Southern ladies get dressed up for church. In fact the Los Angeles Times ran a nice feature about custom hat stores in South Central, with pictures. My mom wore hats to church. We're Catholic, and it's not too common anymore. Hmm, that's another thing to think about. I wonder if some of these hat stores could donate some hats for them? This would be a terrific morale booster. How about the men? Do they get dressed up for church? Men's suits are pretty darn expensive, though : (
I'm tracking down the lady here who is taking material donations. If she has time to talk, I want to ask her what is being donated and what isn't being donated. Like a gazillion boxes of Pampers, but no Depends. We can't forget about the handicapped and elderly.
Once again, thank you so much for your time and effort on these threads.
Good for you! I can see an admonition if you'd wanted to include prom dresses . . . but dresses suitable for church or job-hunting or apartment-hunting sound like a great idea.