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| gelf |
 Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:52 pm |
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Red Cross Official Cash Donation Sites
In response to the devastation caused this hurricane season, retail stores nationwide are showing their support of American Red Cross disaster relief efforts by making it easy for their customers to pitch in. Through the "Your Help Counts" customer donation program, customers at participating locations can make cash donations in support of those affected by the hurricanes to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
The following retailers continue serving as Red Cross Official Cash Donation Sites where members of the public, during their everyday errands, can conveniently make a contribution to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund:
Affiliated Foods
Albertson’s Inc.
Best Buy Co, Inc. – all stores nationwide are accepting donations
Blockbuster Inc.
Bridgestone/Firestone
Camping World
CBL Mall Properties
Cingular
CKR (Carl’s Jr., Hardees)
Coinstar, Inc. coin-counting machines, located in 10,000 grocery stores nationwide are accepting donations for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, just as they do 365 days per year as part of a long-time partnership.
Costco Wholesale
Dollar General
Eddie Bauer
Food Lion, LLC has started a customer donation program in all 1,200 stores
Hard Rock International – all locations are accepting donations
International Speedway Corporation/Talladega
JP Morgan Chase – all branches nationwide
Kash N’ Karry/Sweetbay Supermarkets – accepting donations in all Florida stores
Kmart Corporation
The Kroger Co. – accepting donations in 215 stores
Lowe's Companies, Inc. introduced a customer donation program in all 1,125 stores nationwide, matching donations up to $1 millions
Magnolia Audio Video
Major League Baseball
Money Gram International, Inc.
Network for Good
OfficeMax Incoporated – 900 stores nationwide are accepting donations
Publix Corporation – accepting donations in all stores
Rack Room Shoes
Rite Aid Corporation
Ross Stores – accepting donations in 700 stores nationwide
Safeway Inc.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Starbucks
Super Saver
Walgreen Co.
Washington Mutual, Inc.
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. began a customer donation program in all stores
Official Internet Giving Sites
American Red Cross
Convio
Yahoo
Coinstar
Amazon
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| gelf |
| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:01 pm |
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grumbles, grumbles, grumbles
We are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Rita as she goes over the Florida Keys. Baton Rouge is in the projected cone pathway!  New Orleans is suspending some of the evacuees return there until they have a better grasp on the situation. We don't need any more rain or hurricanes here!
 
Gloomily looks at cupboards. I don't have enough to get through 4+ days of no power again. Don't have extra money because that was spent before Katrina came through, and on cash spending right after.
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| gelf |
| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:48 pm |
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I received this in a newsletter that I get:
Dear America,
I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana.
We have arrived on your doorstep on short notice and we apologize for
that, but we never were much for waiting around for invitations. We're
not much on formalities like that.
And we might be staying around your town for a while, enrolling in your
schools and looking for jobs, so we wanted to tell you a few things
about us. We know you didn't ask for this and neither did we, so we're
just going to have to make the best of it.
First of all, we thank you. For your money, your water, your food, your
prayers, your boats and buses and the men and women of your National
Guards, fire departments, hospitals and everyone else who has come to
our rescue.
We're a fiercely proud and independent people, and we don't cotton much
to outside interference, but we're not ashamed to accept help when we
need it.
And right now, we need it.
Just don't get carried away. For instance, once we get around to fishing
again, don't try to tell us what kind of lures work best in your waters.
We're not going to listen. We're stubborn that way.
You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange music
and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of your
yard.
We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too
much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly, we're
suspicious of others who don't.
But we'll try not to judge you while we're in your town.
Everybody loves their home, we know that. But we love South Louisiana
with a ferocity that borders on the pathological. Sometimes we bury our
dead in LSU sweatshirts.
Often we don't make sense. You may wonder why, for instance - if we
could only carry one small bag of belongings with us on our journey to
your state - why in God's name did we bring a pair of shrimp boots?
We can't really explain that. It is what it is.
You've probably heard that many of us stayed behind. As bad as it is,
many of us cannot fathom a life outside of our border, out in that place
we call Elsewhere.
The only way you could understand that is if you have been there, and so
many of you have. So you realize that when you strip away all the
craziness and bars and parades and music and architecture and all that
hooey, really, the best thing about where we come from is us.
We are what made this place a national treasure. We're good people. And
don't be afraid to ask us how to pronounce our names. It happens all the
time.
When you meet us now and you look into our eyes, you will see the
saddest story ever told. Our hearts are broken into a thousand pieces.
But don't pity us. We're gonna make it. We're resilient. After all,
we've been rooting for the Saints for 35 years. That's got to count for
something.
OK, maybe something else you should know is that we make jokes at
inappropriate times.
But what the hell.
And one more thing: In our part of the country, we're used to having
visitors. It's our way of life.
So when all this is over and we move back home, we will repay to you the
hospitality and generosity of spirit you offer to us in this season of
our despair.
That is our promise. That is our faith.
Author unconfirmed, but reported as Chris Rose |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:20 pm |
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Okay, it just occured to me that if you guys want another info link that I should give you the local news station's website.
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