NEWS: Need is vast, but so is outpouring, page 1
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Topic started on 2-9-2005 @ 08:28 AM by FredT
Families both rich and poor are doing what they can to help the victims of the hurricane disaster. In stark contrast to the pictures of looters in the disaster area, families are donating whatever they can to help. The Red Cross has reported over 21 million in donations, seventy five percent of which has been donated by individual donors. Corporate donors have given everything from bottled water to calling cards.




news.yahoo.com
BATON ROUGE, LA. - The Chatmans popped the trunk on their aging Oldsmobile and pulled out garbage bags bursting with baby formula, clothes, shoes, sheets, and food.

The Baton Rouge family didn't know anyone affected by hurricane Katrina. But when they heard a local television station was a designated donation drop-off location, they gathered up all they could and headed into town.

"We have very little, but they have nothing," says Dre Chatman, unloading another bag. "It's people helping people."

The historic storm has left tens of thousands of people in Louisiana and Mississippi without possessions or a place to live.


Please visit the link provided for the complete story.


While the response to this has been appalling, I thought it would be nice to show that not everyone is busy looting or committing other crimes. People of all walks of life are doing what they can to help. A member of the ATS staff cleared out his checking account to buy supplies for refugees camped out at a rest stop. None of these people will ever get a mention, or be on TV, but these simple acts will go along way to helping the victims of this tragedy.
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