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August 14, 2004
Another Opportunity To Strengthen The Good

We're already getting questions about how to help victims of Charlie. While you can donate to the Red Cross disaster fund, those donations do not go only to Charlie victims; instead they go into the general disaster coffers.

Some of you might remember our effort to "Strengthen the Good," when Command Post readers raised $15,000 in 48 hours for the Tom Family Education Trust. I think this is a good opportunity to strenthen the good once again, and we'll be providing a venue for donations as quickly as we find one that we think is appropriate.

In the meantime, continue to watch this space for updates, and when we find the right fourm for financial assistance, we'll post it here ASAP. Given that they're all still in cleanup, I presume it's going to take a day or so for something local to be established ...

[For ways to help immediately, see here and here.

Posted by Alan at August 14, 2004 04:06 PM | TrackBack
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Something local has been established. You can get all the donation information you need from here TBO.com Donations page for Charley victims.

For future reference, TBO is the best local news info for pretty much the whole western part of the state of FLA.

Posted by: Kat [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 14, 2004 07:56 PM

"those donations do not go only to Charlie victims; instead they go into the general disaster coffers."

Along with $400 million of the money we sent to aid the families of 9/11. I cannot think of any reason to send money to the Red Cross. They only exist to enrich themselves.

If you do wish to donate blood, contact your local hospital and donated directly to their blood bank. We will never support the Red Cross again.

Fool me once, shame on you,
Fool me twice, shame on me.

Posted by: JoeS [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 15, 2004 12:02 AM

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