Monday, September 05, 2005
Help for Katrina’s Victims
The blogosphere is a marvelous place. This past weekend a ‘blog-a-thon’ was held to raise money over the weekend, and they’ve hit the $1,000,000 mark. We were unable to make the proper connection with the host blog, Truth Laid Bear, and take part, so allow us to take a moment and have our say now.
We Flight Service Controllers have had to deal with a lot this past year and half of us are facing substantial losses at the hands of the FAA. But even those of us who will be turned to the street starting in 7 months will still have our homes, families, and lives intact. The same cannot be said for the victims of Katrina, which may turn out to be the largest natural disaster in our country’s history. They don’t know where their families are. They may, in fact, be gone. They have lost not only jobs but also the means to find one. Their homes may be simply looted or completely destroyed.
We don’t have the gift of inspirational prose that others posses, so please excuse us if we quote Winston Churchill: “We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.”
Blogger Austin Bay adds the following: “There's no America out there except America to respond to it. We've got to do it ourselves.”
If you haven’t made a contribution to Katrina relief yet, please do so now. We’d like to suggest the following fast responders:
Samaritan’s Purse
Operation Katrina Soldiers Relief Fund (run by Soldiers Angels)
Mercy Corps
World Vision
In the heart of New Orleans is a church that, by all reports, is deeply connected to the surrounding community. They will be good stewards of any check you can send:
Canal Street Presbyterian Church
4302 Canal St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
Or you can use their Paypal link here.
If you’re connected to a church, consider adopting Canal or one of the other churches in the Katrina affected areas You can find lists and links to other lists on Hugh Hewitt’s blog.
Dozens of additional charities can be found here. Please find your favorite and make a donation.
Thank you!
We Flight Service Controllers have had to deal with a lot this past year and half of us are facing substantial losses at the hands of the FAA. But even those of us who will be turned to the street starting in 7 months will still have our homes, families, and lives intact. The same cannot be said for the victims of Katrina, which may turn out to be the largest natural disaster in our country’s history. They don’t know where their families are. They may, in fact, be gone. They have lost not only jobs but also the means to find one. Their homes may be simply looted or completely destroyed.
We don’t have the gift of inspirational prose that others posses, so please excuse us if we quote Winston Churchill: “We have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.”
Blogger Austin Bay adds the following: “There's no America out there except America to respond to it. We've got to do it ourselves.”
If you haven’t made a contribution to Katrina relief yet, please do so now. We’d like to suggest the following fast responders:
Samaritan’s Purse
Operation Katrina Soldiers Relief Fund (run by Soldiers Angels)
Mercy Corps
World Vision
In the heart of New Orleans is a church that, by all reports, is deeply connected to the surrounding community. They will be good stewards of any check you can send:
Canal Street Presbyterian Church
4302 Canal St.
New Orleans, LA 70119
Or you can use their Paypal link here.
If you’re connected to a church, consider adopting Canal or one of the other churches in the Katrina affected areas You can find lists and links to other lists on Hugh Hewitt’s blog.
Dozens of additional charities can be found here. Please find your favorite and make a donation.
Thank you!
# posted by Skywise @ 9:31 PM 
