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flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 321
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 12:06 am: | 
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Hey all,
I know there is a thread about the tsunami already on MOL, but I thought this headline might get more people to look at what we need to do now....
What do you think Maplewood can do to help? I know they need money, food, medicine, and water purification systems, but that's all very broad.
Do you think Maplewood can start a drive?
We have all these organizations, like Alliance, Rotary, etc. We're really good at rallying people.
In addition, I know the Red Cross is taking donations and websites like this one: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.asp?id=/d/ip/tsunami_aid_04/data.js&nav id=6758618&cp1=1
tell you where to go.
I heard a news story about a Buddhist temple down in Princeton collecting shiploads of stuff to go... I'm not sure how we go about all of this, but I'm sure we can organize something! |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4840
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 7:39 am: |
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I've heard that logistically it's more efficient to send money than goods.
Details:
http://www.redcross.org/donate/goods/
"Collections of items require valuable and scarce resources such as time, money, and personnel to sort, clean, and distribute them, which come at the expense of the emergency activities relief workers are attempting to perform. The Red Cross has neither the resources, nor the logistical set-up, to properly handle these types of donations, and therefore cannot accept them." |
Pippi
Supporter
Username: Pippi
Post Number: 606
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 9:43 am: |
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thread drift
Dave - love the new picture! |
mrmaplewood
Citizen
Username: Mrmaplewood
Post Number: 140
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:25 am: |
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After what the Red Cross pulled on us after 9/11, I wouldn't give them a red nickel. |
Pippi
Supporter
Username: Pippi
Post Number: 607
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:26 am: |
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I saw a piece on Headline News last night about AmeriCares and their efforts to help. It seems like a very worthwhile charity. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1843
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:30 am: |
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Sobering facts about the event and similar events(as if you needed any):
If the final toll of the event is 150,000 and the population of the world is about 6.4 billion, then we will have lost roughly one 42,667th of humanity in this tragedy.
According to NASA, as a result of this event, Earth's rotation has been infinitessimally altered. A day is now 3 microseconds shorter, and the planet has been tilted an inch on its axis. Article here.
The tsunami in this event was roughly 30 feet high. According to author Dennis Smith, in 1958 there was an earthquake in Lituya Bay, Alaska, that "caused a landslide into the ocean that created a tsunami 1,720 feet high, a wave that could have swept over the Empire State Building."
He notes that scientists recently found vertical fault lines through a volcano in the Canary Islands. "The volcano has a crater about five miles wide and a half-mile high, and erupts about every 200 years. The last eruption was in 1948, but the newly discovered fault lines have convinced some scientists that eventually the huge crater will break apart and slide into the ocean, bringing more than a half-trillion tons of rock with it. Since tsunamis are created in proportion to the amount of land that has fallen into the water, this event would likely create a wave mass never before known to written history, many times bigger than the wave at Lituya Bay. The wave would diminish a little as it crossed the Atlantic, but it could be higher than the skyscrapers of Boston, New York, Washington and Miami. Scientists do not know if it will take one, four, or 10 eruptions to separate the landmass, only that the separation is inevitable."
Full article here.
I hear Wyoming is nice. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 4429
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:30 am: |
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mrmaplewood - I gave money to the red cross - what did they do so bad on 9/11? |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 551
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:41 am: |
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Also remember folks, that if your company does matching contributions, you might be able to double your contribution... |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 302
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:46 am: |
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Mrmaplewood is probably referring to this:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/rc_blinks.html
or maybe this
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/07/30/eveningnews/main516886.shtml
However, I wouldn't feel badly about giving to the Red Cross. Your donation is very much needed. |
ML
Supporter
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 2135
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 2:14 pm: |
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if you don't like the Red Cross, you can also donate here:
https://secure.ga3.org/02/asia_earthquake04?source=aqt04_mo
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rcarter31
Citizen
Username: Rcarter31
Post Number: 127
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 6:07 pm: |
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Hi All,
I'm very familiar with this aid group, my college room mate served as it's director for several years.
All money goes to aid victims, NO money goes to overhead which is paid by the Methodist Church.
Best Regards,
Ron Carter
South Asia Emergency
South Asia Earthquake and Tidal Waves
December 27, 2004 The United Methodist Committee on Relief is responding through its ecumenical partners to the catastrophe in South Asia. On Sunday, December 26, a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the west coast of the northern Indonesian island of Sumatra caused tidal waves that have so far claimed the lives of more than 22,000 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Maldives and Bangladesh, according to news reports. Thousands of people are still missing and tens of thousands of people have been displaced. The full extent of the disaster is still not known in more remote areas in Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia, where ecumenical parters are responding.
Please give to Advance #274305 and designate "South Asia Emergency" on the memo line of your check.
Give through your local United Methodist church or mail contributions to: UMCOR, 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115.
Call 1-800-554-8583 to make a credit card donation.
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One hundred percent of your gift goes to relief and recovery efforts.
United Methodists' generous giving to the One Great Hour of Sharing, part of their ongoing contribution to mission around the world, supplements the cost of Advance gifts.
Their website:
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/info.stm
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HarDen
Citizen
Username: Harden
Post Number: 44
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 7:32 pm: |
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The Maplewood JR Women's Club is collecting NEW
under garments for Tsunami victims. All sizes, male and female, including children are needed.
There will be a donation bin at the Township Clerk's Office at Maplewood Town Hall. Drop off during regular business hours. |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 323
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:51 pm: |
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Hey, here's also another link.
HarDen, what are business hours?
Yeah Dave, very Mondrian. Nice touch |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 324
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:51 pm: |
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Heh, I didn't include the link. Who thinks I'm tired? I do!
http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html |
flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 328
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 11:10 pm: |
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I was just watching the news. They say their recommendations for donating are to write a check or money order, to avoid on-the-spot donation pressure, and make sure the place you're donating to is experienced with international affairs. Then they were saying something about people answering calls on the upper west side, and that the money goes somewhere, then to Washington, then somewhere else... I tuned it out. Why can't it go DIRECTLY there?! |
doulamomma
Citizen
Username: Doulamomma
Post Number: 254
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 11:15 am: |
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Just donated to Oxfam America online - super easy & I believe they have a good record...
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flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 336
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2005 - 10:40 pm: |
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I'm donating through my synagouge. |
Miss L Toe
Citizen
Username: Miss_l_toe
Post Number: 126
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 8:22 am: |
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Please read this article before making any donations. Cash - not goods - are needed.
The link to Charitywatch (The American Institute of Philanthropy) - which monitors charities and grades them according to how wisely they spend *your* donations - has this to say about how best to help the tsunami victims - please read to the bottom of the page:
http://www.charitywatch.org/hottopics/tsunami_asia.html
It's already been widely reported on the radio that clothes are not really wanted....don't forget that we Westerners are far larger in stature than the petite Asians so I doubt that most donations of underwear will be small enough(Asian women typically range from size 0 to size 4, with Asian males with a max waist size of approx 28" - 30"...before they've lost weight due to lack of food. How and where is the Women's Club going to donate/distribute the donated items?
Really, the only way to best give help is to donated cash (and not to a fly-by-night charity). |
nan
Citizen
Username: Nan
Post Number: 1679
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 6:56 pm: |
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I donated at work today and my company matched my donation. That's something people might want to check out before contributing on their own.
Some companies have matching gift policies, but may not advertise them. You have to call HR. |
tulip
Citizen
Username: Braveheart
Post Number: 1909
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 6:58 pm: |
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We're donating at school. |
sbenois
Citizen
Username: Sbenois
Post Number: 12875
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 7:06 pm: |
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My company sent out an email to all employees today to remind us that our policy is a $2 match for every one donated.
In addition, I saw today that Citibank is donating $3 million. And Sandra Bullock donated $1 million. |
ML
Supporter
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 2154
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 8:42 pm: |
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nan,
I should have taken your advice. I donated on my own last week, and learned today that my company is going to match our contributions.
Oh well, I guess I'll just donate again... |
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