Off To Dallas
I’m heading to Dallas tomorrow afternoon to help in the Katrina relief effort. There are some shelters and groups that I might be working with there, but am still working out the details since this has been somewhat quickly put together in the past few days. Thank the Lord for a cheap last minute airfare! I will try to blog from there about my experiences.
In the mean time, I have something to say to those out there who aren’t victims of this tragedy but feel the need (for political reasons or not) to point fingers as to who is to blame about what happened in the aftermath. You will have all the time in the world to point fingers much later on, but it is wasted energy now! Instead, focus on helping the victims, locally or in the affected areas. We cannot have the notorious American short attention span on this. It’s a long term recovery that should not be forgotten. Donations and help will be needed for quite a long time.
Please donate money and/or volunteer with these or other relief organizations:
September 19th, 2005 21:19
Amen, brother. I’ve herad it a hundred times, “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” All the yammering on, laying blame and pointing fingers just steams my clams. Wasted energy indeed.
By the way, have you considered a career in disaster/emergency relief? Some facet of it certainly seems to be a passion of yours, and as long as I’ve known you you’ve been good at leading, mobilizing, organizing. Just a thought.
Keep up the good work!