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From blogger Grace:
A truly spectacular young woman, Eva T. of Burlingame, California, organized a donation drop off point in her town. It was an awesome success! We are pleased to share Eva's report of what she accomplished. To the left you'll see some of the colorful gifts of drawings from thoughtful kids!
Continue reading "A bounty of supplies and heartfelt gifts of children's drawings!" »
From blogger Grace:
Many shelters in the disaster zone have closed and families have been placed in their own homes. However, these folks are starting their new lives in empty houses and apartments. The mission of our new blog, Family to Family, is to provide basic necessities for these families in transition.
The Family to Family project is based on the successful model of this Hurricane Katrina Direct Relief! blog - we work closely with contacts in the community, the churches/shelters/relief missions/local leaders, to provide accurate, reliable contact information so your donations are sent directly to individuals truly in need. You can be assured that your gifts will not be stored in a warehouse, unused for weeks.
We will continue our work on this blog, posting donation requests for the shelters that remain open as well as informing readers of volunteer opportunities. The work will continue in the Hurricane Katrina disaster zone for a long time, and we will be staying the course for the long run.
Friends, we hope you can help these families begin their lives anew. Please drop us an email if you have any questions regarding our new project.
Many blessings to all!
From Grace
A good friend to this blog, Michelle, has been in contact with the sister of Sunny Wilson, owner of Robin's Deli in Gautier, Mississippi. You may remember Sunny from this previous blog post; she's the amazing Steel Magnolia who fed the community from the deli before help arrived. This selfless woman continues to feed 150 people a day out of her own pocket.
Folks, if you want to help, you can send a check made out to the deli's food supplier, First Choice Foods, and mail it to Sunny directly. Mailing address:
Sunny Wilson
c/o Robin's Deli
7504 Martin Bluff Road
Gautier, MS 39553
From Grace
We are lucky to live in this day and age of 'Citizen Journalism'. Lucky in that regular folks can report in from the field/the front/on the ground and give us the story from diverse points of view. Lucky in that someone like Alan Bostick, a wonderful writer-blogger, can send us a bit of poetry from the disaster zone. Alan connected with contacts provided in this blog, and is currently boots-on-the-ground in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Alan's poem, 'What's Good About Sunglasses', follows.
