back in 2001 I had 4ft of water in my house and the Red Cross came and helped my family out...now its my turn to help others

Please donate to the victims of Katrina

 

Looks like the red cross website is slow. That is probably a good sign that people are online donating. Hopefully we can contribute more to this tragedy than we did to the tsunami victims. Gas prices are not going to aid the donation efforts though

 

We have a huge Red Cross donation thing going on right now here at work.

I gave $100.00. I gave what little I could to help out. I hope it helps.

 

Way to go Jamz..ever bit counts..no matter how large or small.

I'll be donating at my local WAWA (kinda like a 7-11, for those who dont know) The red cross has set up donation boxes at every WAWA store to help out the hurricane victims.


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I'm going to donate 100 dollars whenever I can find somewhere!

 

Already donated to the Red Cross. Gonna drop off some supplies at the local church tomorrow.

 

I would just like to thank each and every one who gives to a relief effort. We need as much help as we can get. THANKS

 

LOS ANGELES - Thousands of Americans reached out to victims of Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday as pictures of the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast overwhelmed living rooms and offices across the country. From churches to ballparks and radio stations to train stations, efforts to help were under way.

"It's heart wrenching," Pena said, stifling sobs as she waited to donate $100 at a Red Cross center at Dodger Stadium. "I'd like to think that if anything like that happened to Los Angeles, people back East would do the same thing."

Many givers, like Pena, reached for their wallets. Others packed their bags and prepared to join the stream of civilian doctors, nurses, paramedics, morticians and veterinarians headed south.

The Red Cross had collected $21 million, nearly $15 million of that from individual donations through its Web site, Red Cross spokeswoman Kara Bunte said. Some insisted on making their donations in person.

"I just felt the situation down in New Orleans is something that can happen anywhere in the world and I wanted to be a part of the whole thing," said Los Angeles electrician Barry Durham. "I wanted to be more personal about it."

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said initial corporate donations to the relief effort could total more than $100 million, including $5 million from Chevron Corp., $3 million each from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup, $2 million from Pfizer Inc. and $1 million from insurer State Farm.

The Walt Disney Co. contributed $2.5 million, $1 million of which will go to the American Red Cross and the rest for rebuilding efforts and volunteer centers helping affected communities.

Nissan North America sent 50 trucks. Anheuser-Busch offered more than 825,000 cans of water. Sprint Nextel Corp. donated 3,000 walkie talkie-type phones for emergency personnel.

Seven truckloads of crackers and cookies were on the way thanks to Kellogg Co. Two dozen cars and trucks were offered by General Motors Corp. Home Depot and Lowe's pledged cash and manpower, while Culligan International sent five truckloads of water.

More than 100 tractor trailers from as far away as California and Wisconsin were on their way to aid Katrina's victims in southwest Alabama with food, water, ice and blankets.

"It's a good feeling to help. They don't have food, no water, blankets or anything," said driver Tim Cupp, who is ready to deliver a truck full of Meals-Ready-to-Eat. "It's hard to put yourself in their shoes."

Governors across the nation pledged to send troops, doctors and engineers. They also opened their schools for any displaced students who couldn't afford to lose a semester on their way to a college degree.

Recalling the national support given South Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Hugo in 1989, Gov. Mark Sanford said, "we're ready to return the favor." The state's National Guard was pulling together a military police company, a water purification company and a transport unit to be sent to the coast.

Smaller efforts have also begun. At Ragin' Cajun, a popular Creole restaurant in Hermosa Beach, Calif., the Domingue family — natives of Lafayette, La. — collected more than $550 to help a friend's business that was wiped out by flood waters.

In Pensacola, Fla., Richard and Sarah Trimble left their own storm-damaged home to drive to Mississippi to help feed victims of Katrina. They were with more than 100 members of two faith-based organizations who set out in a 31-truck convoy that included mobile kitchens and showers.

"We get more out of it than the people we serve," said 68-year-old Chester Gunn, of Brandon, Fla. "To see the people standing in front of you with tears running down their eyes and saying 'Thank you' — that's something that money can't buy."


The world of sports jumped in, as well, with the National Football League and New York Yankees each donating $1 million to the American Red Cross. Tennis player Serena Williams offered to donate $100 for every ace she hits the rest of the year.

In Detroit, the owners of Community Bowling Centers planned to donate 50 percent of their revenue from three counties during a Labor Day bowl-a-thon. And Florida State University asked fans to donate during a football game Monday against rival Miami.

In Green Bay, Wis., star NFL quarterback Brett Favre spoke emotionally about the devastation in his boyhood home of Kiln, Miss. He said the Packers flew relief supplies to Tennessee on the team plane for distribution in Hattiesburg, Miss., and further south.

"It's devastating," said Favre, who added that 50 friends and relatives were camped out at his Hattiesburg home. "The Gulf Coast is gone."



Come on all of you and the big corporations WTf are you waiting for we need it now. Its bad enough that FEMA seemed to have froze up just as i remember someone else frezzing up on 9/11, oh could just be me...

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atleast one of the oil companies donated some money... but 5 million is a nice tax write off at the end of the year aint it?

 

don't forget to donate blood too.

 

Just donated $100. Can't really afford it as I have been out of work for 8 months. I figure the folks down on the coast are a lot worse off than I am.
Why am I putting this out here? In the hopes it shames at least one person to donate some money. If we can't donate to help our own countrymen, we don't deserve to be the greatest nation in the world. It is nice we can afford to help other countries in their time of need, but we can't forget our own in need.

Sorry, speech over.

 

good job kingfish Just did the same amount myself plus blood donation. We have our big promotion all set up for work this weekend (my idea ). Donating money from every car sale and have a pickup on the showroom for customers and employees to bring water and canned goods etc. It a 150 and the beds almost full in one day's donations. We are even going to get one of the Spurs out for an autograph/donation session on Saturday...that'll draw em in!

 

can we donate other peoples cars too? im sure there are a few Challengers or Camaros on here