HELP OUR AMERICAN FAMILY
Sending money is great, and we strongly encourage you to *send all you can,* but we also ask each of you think outside of you own comfort zone; and to be really honest!
Honest about what? Homeowners need to be honest about that empty guest bedroom in your comfortable house. Think about your cozy basement with the TV, or your pull out couch.
Employers need to be honest that there is always room to squeeze in at least one more job, at least for the next few months.
The holidays are here, and there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people. While money is necessary, and unfortunately there won't be enough; it's also important to reach further than you have ever reached before. Imagine already living a modest lifestyle, and then watching half your family die as your whole infrastructure gets washed away: home, job, phones, clothes, ID, phone book, and a copy of your resume. Some things are gone forever: the Tinkerbell charm bracelet your Mom gave you, the first love letter you ever received, your high school year book signatures, and the only picture in existence of your great great grandfather. I know just how that feels, I've lived that. I've lost those things.
The despair of feeling alone is universal; so please get in touch with a time when you felt lost, and reach further than you ever have before. The best thing you can do is get on the internet, get on the phone, start asking people who know people and find an INDIVIDUAL you can help. Make one person or one family, "yours." In the next few days, I'll update here with some really good resources I’ve found that will help YOU break through the RED TAPE!
Meanwhile, volunteer your time at organizations in your home town that need to send their seasoned volunteers closer to the front lines. Sending money is always great! The following are links to several foundations that are highly recommended as organizations with a long-term track record of making a REAL difference:
Help With Housing
Habitat For Humanity
Tune Up Your Tech Skills
Quakers Won't Lie To You
NAACP disaster relief efforts
ACORN for low-income people
AFL-CIO Union Community Fund
Michael Moore for Cindy Sheehan
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain, we all have sorrow;
But if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend,
I'll help you carry on...
For, it won't be long, 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride, if I have things you need to borrow;
For no one can fill those of your needs, that you don't let show
Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend,
I'll help you carry on...
For, it won't be long, 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear, that you can't carry,
I'm right up the road, I'll share your load, if you just call me
So just call on me brother, when you need a hand;
we all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand,
we all need somebody to lean on
Bill Withers
Honest about what? Homeowners need to be honest about that empty guest bedroom in your comfortable house. Think about your cozy basement with the TV, or your pull out couch.
Employers need to be honest that there is always room to squeeze in at least one more job, at least for the next few months.
The holidays are here, and there are hundreds of thousands of displaced people. While money is necessary, and unfortunately there won't be enough; it's also important to reach further than you have ever reached before. Imagine already living a modest lifestyle, and then watching half your family die as your whole infrastructure gets washed away: home, job, phones, clothes, ID, phone book, and a copy of your resume. Some things are gone forever: the Tinkerbell charm bracelet your Mom gave you, the first love letter you ever received, your high school year book signatures, and the only picture in existence of your great great grandfather. I know just how that feels, I've lived that. I've lost those things.
The despair of feeling alone is universal; so please get in touch with a time when you felt lost, and reach further than you ever have before. The best thing you can do is get on the internet, get on the phone, start asking people who know people and find an INDIVIDUAL you can help. Make one person or one family, "yours." In the next few days, I'll update here with some really good resources I’ve found that will help YOU break through the RED TAPE!
Meanwhile, volunteer your time at organizations in your home town that need to send their seasoned volunteers closer to the front lines. Sending money is always great! The following are links to several foundations that are highly recommended as organizations with a long-term track record of making a REAL difference:
Help With Housing
Habitat For Humanity
Tune Up Your Tech Skills
Quakers Won't Lie To You
NAACP disaster relief efforts
ACORN for low-income people
AFL-CIO Union Community Fund
Michael Moore for Cindy Sheehan
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain, we all have sorrow;
But if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend,
I'll help you carry on...
For, it won't be long, 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride, if I have things you need to borrow;
For no one can fill those of your needs, that you don't let show
Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend,
I'll help you carry on...
For, it won't be long, 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear, that you can't carry,
I'm right up the road, I'll share your load, if you just call me
So just call on me brother, when you need a hand;
we all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand,
we all need somebody to lean on
Bill Withers
6 Comments:
Oh. So NOW those groups decided to quit pointing fingers?
We can't count on our government to take care of us, so we must take care of each other.
Yep. The liberal Socialism failed miserably, didn't it?
What did Oprah wear? What did The Revernnnnnnnnd Jacksonnnnnnn wear? How about Al Sharpton? Dr. Phil? Where's Nancy Pelosi? What would she wear? Where's Dr. Howard Death? Where's Ted Kennedy? Where's Michael Moore? Where's "Dirty Harry" Reid? Where's John F.You Kerry?
To my knowledge, those folks didn't bother to help distribute jack. They went for their "photo ops" and that was about it. How many refugees are they putting up in their mansions?
What happened Elizabeth? Run out of Neosocialist bullshit?
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