[Ansteorra] some info regarding donations
Bethany
allasa at gmail.com
Wed Aug 31 07:49:05 PDT 2005
People looking to donate might also check with their local radio stations. I
know that one here (Midland, TX) is going to be collecting supplies and
donations in the parking lot at HEB.
- Alasa
On 8/31/05, nweders at mail.utexas.edu <nweders at mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> I went on the Web and looked at the Red Cross site. Basically they need
> blood and money donations. Unless you buy and donate a pallet of goods,
> physical donations and such are helpful during disasters. Therational is
> that it takes too long to sort, restore, and funnel individual goods to an
> area or event to restock. So, if a group went to Sam's and bought 5
> pallets of bottled water -that would be a good donation (keep in mind you
> would also have to pay to ship it) but having people donate a couple of
> food cans each isn't helpful for them.
>
> If the local group needs something then ask them. For disasters, money
> and blood are the best things to provide. Volunteering to go help work at
> a local Red Cross will maybe help them free up a trained person who can go
> help.
>
> Hopefully, this information will help.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Clare RosMuire St. John.
>
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