I’ve updated my free AudioVox unlock post & and new unlock page (with clearer instructions!) with some details on the charities I’m funding:
the rolling duffel project
While the Red Cross is getting tons, my wife and I decided to split our money to the Humane Society for the various pets stuck in the aftermath, as well as with Habitat for Humanity, which will help with rebuilding homes. Also, as I mentioned in the below post, the Rolling Duffel Project, which is busy actually providing support to refugees in Dallas.
I’d also like to put in a plug for the following: Katrina Housing Northwest. It’s a grassroots group like Rolling Duffel that is looking for homeowners, esp. those that may have a secondary home (like a summer home or an empty rental) to house families from New Orleans. So, if you are in the area and can help out, please do. If you’re not, do some searches and see what’s in the area. We’ve got about 100,000 people to put around the country, and since FEMA clearly isn’t doing anything, time for the people to get it done.
Oh…. and while I’m sure this will get into my permanent record somewhere, if you happen to someday meet this woman, would you please just ask her how many people she’s taken in to her house? What a piece of work…