Zak, the looters have been looting GUNS and stealing from other survivors at gun point...carjacking busses and trucks with supplies. You absolutely have to stop that. It's not just WalMart anymore.
I am seriously considering moving to NO when the rebuilding starts...NO is my kind of town and it's always been my favorite American city. Living in the French Quarter or the Garden District is about as good as it gets IMO. I think a lot of people won't be going back to it. I love the mystique there...
sorry BZ...gotta disagree with you on that one. If it were me and I saw someone ripping off other refugees and breaking into peoples houses and over their dead bodies for a TV, I shoot the er in the head.
History repeats itself...
I was just thinking about this today.
I'm totally up for volunteering. Just tell me when and where.
I might do it this saturday if anythings being planned. I just got off the phone with my b/f who said another friend's birthday is this sunday and the way she wants to celebrate is by helping the victims anyway we can. So we are trying to gather information as well.
I was also thinking about doing a clothing drive or something through my church but I have to talk it over with them first.
Let me know if you come up with anything Manny or anyone.
We're trying to set something up at my youngest's school.
Do you seriously think a disaster of this kind can't happen anywhere in this country? You are wrong...maybe not a hurricane but there are plenty of other things that can occur. It's a great town and worth the risk...
On top of that it's a key port city for the South...Port Cities are always going to be vulnerable to hurricanes.
Manny, I heard that tomorrow they would release info on where people could go to serve food, help with the intake of people at the clinics, whatever.
Cool...hopefully they'll have somewhere to take clothes & blankets too. I've got about 15 trash bags worth of clothes.......mostly children's clothes, but also a lot that could be worn to an interview.
SW, mysa.com has some places listed for where you can take your donations. Here's some of the ones that accept clothing:
Cornerstone Self Storage is accepting donations of food, clothing, blankets and other necessities. Items can be dropped off at Cornerstone Self Storage at 20202 Blanco Road, Saf-T Stor at 11947 Huebner Road and Broadway Self Storage at 2300 Broadway.
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Selma will be the site of a collection drive from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday through Sept. 9. Donations of clothing, bedding/sleeping bags, household cleaning supplies, bug spray, hand sanitizer, batteries, battery-operated AM/FM radios, flashlights, books and toys are being accepted. Organizers of the event include Nestle Waters, Beta Lambda Upsilon at Northwest Vista College, and USS Bexar.
Check out the rest here.
United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County: 227-4357 (I haven't tried this number yet though) Supposedly you can register to volunteer there and they also have a Volunteer Registration form on their website here.
I actually am very interested in volunteering to get over there personally and help rescue as many people as possible
I just got through to 210-227-...., but I'm on hold. I think the same thing that happend when I called 211, though. So I'm not sure I'm speaking to anyone SA just yet.
Excellent. If everyone could continue posting any info they have, that would be great.
I'm dead serious about driving over there, are we even allowed to drive in to new orleans right now, or are all the roads out completely cause i really wanna up and go
Let the rescuers do their jobs. They are going to need help here, help out here where you won't be in the way.
I did get transfered to Houston again, so I'm going to just try tomorrow morning. But if anyone finds anymore info please post it in here. Thanks.
Alright then yeah i would be very interested to devote my time for aiding here
Moveon.org, that George Soro sponsored leftist group, is taking family volunteers on its website if you wish to house a displace person or family from NO.
The roads are Closed, including I-12 which is a bypass on I-10 to avoid New Orleans.
Don't be a dumb ass and try to go there, all you'll do is screw things up more.
Manny, I am not trying to argue in your thread. I'm sorry but I had to say that.
FYIThanks very much to everyone for all the donations, calls and emails we have received today.
Michael Bristow, Kirk Armstrong and helpers will be leaving next week. They are working on getting a tractor-trailer to go along with the fifth wheels they are hauling.
Michael said if there were more goods than they could handle, they would make 2 trips.
The goods will be dropped off next week in Baton Rouge, where there is a distribution center for relief.
North Texas area boating retailers are acting as drop-off points, or you can drop at North Texas Fiberglass Boat Repair - 869 Woodrow Lane - Denton, Texas 76205.
Again, the contact information for North Texas Fiberglass is: 940-243-2628 or [email protected].
Current drop off points are as follows:
North Texas Marine - Fort Worth and Gainsville
Whittle Boats - Lewisville
Fun and Sun Marine – Cleburne, Hurst and Granbury
Bowie Marine - Decatur
Larry's Marine - Wichita Falls
Phil Dill Boats - Lewisville
Rockwall Marine - Rockwall
Renfro Marine - Lancaster
Plano Marine - Plano and Longview
We will update drop-off points as more become available at: http://www.texasfishingforum.com/.ub...;f=37;t=000524
I think anything that can be done to assist these folks will help – no matter how small your contribution, keep in mind that when you put a lot of small donations together, you can end up with something that will make a difference.
Don’t forget to thank Michael Bristow and Kirk Armstrong for coordinating this effort. It has ballooned in to a hefty task.
Sorry to invade your email with this spam.
Respectfully,
J.P. Greeson
Texas Fishing Forum
Manny,
the catholic churches of america is taking volunteers right now.
Tpark, do you have local numbers for them?
JB just posted it in the Katrina thread, page 112.
As soon as I saw that, I wanted to post that for you bro.
MYSA.COM
Adventist Community Services
1-800-381-7171
Web site: www.adventist.communityservices.org
America's Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070
Web site: www.secondharvest.org
American Red Cross
1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English,
1-800-257-7575 Spanish;
Web site: www.redcross.org
Catholic Charities, USA
703 549-1390
Web site: www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Christian Disaster Response
941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554
Web site: www.cdresponse.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
1-800-848-5818
Web site: www.crwrc.org
Church World Service
1-800-297-1516
Web site: www.churchworldservice.org
Convoy of Hope
417-823-8998
Web site: www.convoyofhope.org
KENS 5 Spirit of Texas Relief Fund
(210) 470-5001
Web site: http://www2.mysanantonio.com/promoti...ns/relieffund/
Lutheran Disaster Response
800-638-3522
Web site: www.ldr.org
Mennonite Disaster Service
717-859-2210
Web site: www.mds.mennonite.net
Nazarene Disaster Response
888-256-5886
Web site: www.nazarenedisasterresponse.org
Operation Blessing
1-800-436-6348
Web site: www.ob.org
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
800-872-3283
Web site: www.pcusa.org/pda
Salvation Army
1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
Web site: www.redshield.org/crisis
Southern Baptist Convention —Disaster Relief
1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
Web site: http://www.namb.net/site/c.9qKILUOzE...f_Homepage.htm
United Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583
Web site: www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor
I've been looking online to see if there's information about volunteering at Reunion Arena... Does anybody think/know if places like Reunion and the Astrodome are asking for volunteers, or if they'd simply prefer donations?
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