Two Tragedies Too Many
The early twenty-first century has brought America two disasters. The first is known by its date: 9/11. It came unannounced and was a result of human evil. The second is known by its name: Katrina. It came announced well in advance as a hurricane and was accompanied by dire and urgent warnings. Its cause: nature, which is neither good nor evil, but is mightier than anything mankind can create or imagine.
America will never be as it was before Katrina. Need and grief co-exist. We the people will do what we can in the present, and will look towards the future equipped with the knowledge of what to do when nature strikes again.
The Red Cross and The Salvation Army, and many more charitable institutions need our donations. America will respond.
America will never be as it was before Katrina. Need and grief co-exist. We the people will do what we can in the present, and will look towards the future equipped with the knowledge of what to do when nature strikes again.
The Red Cross and The Salvation Army, and many more charitable institutions need our donations. America will respond.
posted by marguerite louise at
12:02 PM
6 Comments:
Yes, we will help. And we've already started. As of midday yesterday (Thursday), nearly $100 million had been collected to help disaster victims. One third came from corporations; the bulk has come from individuals.
It's important to keep up the good effort after the news coverage turns to another subject, after our attention has been drawn to something else, when the fires have been doused and the excitement is over. The hurricane victims have a long, long road ahead and they need us to walk it with them. We will. We're all members of the same family and we stick together.
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Anonymous, at 9/02/2005 11:21 AM
Thank you for your comment. From time to time this blog will help to remind us of generosity, and of progress made. We will not forget.
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marguerite louise, at 9/02/2005 12:09 PM
At the university library where I work, the library employees received an e mail from the Chancellor telling us to be on the lookout for professors from Loyola University etc. who have temporarily relocated to North Carolina. We were told to treat them as Visiting Scholars/Faculty and to issue them all borrowing privileges at no cost to them. It seemed a little silly to me to be worried about library cards for people who had just been airlifted off rooftops, but it shows also that everyone is trying to think of what to do to help.
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Anonymous, at 9/04/2005 7:27 AM
Good point, Carrie. As obscure as some of the efforts may seem to those of us who haven't been affected, people are thinking ahead of possible needs. Anything we can do to make life a little easier for members of our human family (and our critter family) is a plus for all of us.
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Anonymous, at 9/04/2005 1:03 PM
It's the little things that are going to make their life bearable.
I'm participating in a project to supply knitters with needles, patterns, and yarn.
Frivolous and unnecessary? Not to the the knitters who are sitting in shelters and other non-home places with idle hands and no knitting supplies.
If you have extra yarn, needles, or other knitting supplies to donate, check out my blog for details. We have knitters going right to the refugee centers to hand the supplies out in person. But all you have to do is mail them a package.
( No lectures please. Knitters will understand. Others may not. I have also donated to basic needs through the Salvation Army.)
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Marguerite, at 9/09/2005 10:09 AM
Actually, I did not send money for 9/11 relief and will not for Katrina relief.
I've sent an extra check to all of the charties I make monthly donations to.
People need to make extra donations for major disasters and not forget their usual charities.
Other charities have big losses of donations when people give to specific disaster relief instead of their usual charties.
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Anonymous, at 9/19/2005 7:59 PM
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