Katrina aid blog day

Well, today is the day of the Great Katrina Blogfest, and far be it from your humble host not to participate!

As I have already said, Bill Hennessy has opened a webpage dedicated to registering people who have room in their homes and are willing to let storm victims stay with them temporarily: Homes for Katrina Victims.

And I still think that we should make this a permanent effort, so that we are ready for the next disaster with temporary shelter for its victims.  I know of no one else who is pushing this idea, so if you do, please put us in touch one way or another.  Thanks.

If you can't offer a bit of space in your home, please consider donating donate a few dollars to The Salvation Army, as Bill Quick has done and recommended.  They have one of the lowest overhead factors of any charity out there, which means that more of each dollar will actually go to storm victims.

Whatever you do, don't sit around complaining.  Do something.

UPDATE:  Thanks to Instapundit and Eric (of the LLP Community) for the links!  Gosh;  my very first Instapundit link!  Yeah, I know it was buried amongst a gazillion other bloggers' Katrina aid links (and there was no Instalanche), but hey, it still felt good.

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Comments

[Rob]

I second that Salvation Army suggestion. 100% of everything you donate goes to disaster relief. Their overhead is paid for anyway. BTW, our church is gonna host 150-200 refugees in our gym. For at least the next 4 months according to FEMA. I second Obi's suggestion... do something.

btw.. I'm loving this outpouring of aid and support from europe and the rest of the world... :-(

Makes no difference though.. next big crisis on this planet and the US will be all over it with relief because, by God, that's the foundation we were build on.

[Obi-Wan]

Thanks, Rob. And tell whoever spearheaded your church's efforts "thanks" for me, please. I really appreciate what they--what you--are doing.

Oh--actually, there are some contributions coming in from several nations, so it's not as bad as some of us thought it would be.

But you're right--next time there's a disaster in Timbuktu or somewhere, we'll be all over it, just because that's who we are.

[Rob]

One of the apartment complexes here where I live donated 20, I say 20 apartments for free for relief victems. My and my kids along with a bunch other people from our church spent the morning cleaning them up and making them spotless for the folks coming in. We even got a chance to meet them as they were giving them a tour of the complex while we were working. Folks were coming out of their apartments giving them money and clothes and stuff. Kids even came out and gave away their toys. God bless America... do something.