With waters finally receding, those affected by the floods in Tennessee need your help now to begin repairing and rebuilding their lives. Thousands have seen their homes and businesses flooded. According to Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, "I think it's safe to say that the damage we're looking at will easily exceed $1 billion."
Thousands in the Nashville area need your help. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has two funds you can support to directly help those affected by the floods:
Flood Relief - Metro Nashville Disaster Response Fund
"In partnership with Davidson County's Office of Emergency Management, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has activated its Metro Nashville Disaster Response Fund to help to those affected by the May 1, 2010 floods. Donations of any size are welcome. Grants from the fund will support relief and restoration in the Davidson County area."
Give to Metro Nashville Disaster Response Fund:
Flood Relief - Tennessee Emergency Response Fund
"The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee responds in times of disaster to connect generosity with need and has activated the Tennessee Emergency Response Fund to support relief efforts throughout Middle Tennessee necessitated by the May 1, 2010 floods. Donations of any size are welcome. Grants from the fund will support relief and restoration in areas of Middle Tennessee affected by the floods."
Give to Tennessee Emergency Response Fund
Cross-posted from Al's Journal
I am so sorry for all of those families. My thoughts and prayers are with them. I live in Chicago, Illinois and I have tons of clothes, shoes, robes,coats, socks, summer clothes ect. I want to give to the families. Does anyone know of a drop off place where I can bring all these clothes, coats. I really want to help. Also my Uncle lives in Tennessee. PLEASE somebody respond. Thank-You.
Why is it that you take 60% of the donations you receive for your own purposes. This is so wrong. Our Lord and Savior asks only for 10%, why can't you do the same. I will not donate to any orginization that gives so little to the poor and homeless. I pray that the Red Cross changes its policy.
I would like for CNN to know this fact as I have asked Salvation Army and The Red Cross how much of the donations they receive and Salvation Army said that most of the money they receive goes to the helpers who work for them and the rest goes to the poor. From what I can tell 60% goes to Salvation Army and 40% to the poor. Plus the same is true for Red Cross. Why is it that the Lord asks only for 10% of our money and we are richly blessed. My feeling are that Salvation Army and Red Cross should do the same. Especially Salvation Army, because they claim to be a church. The Salvation Army red kettle around Christmas also 60 % goes to the Salvation Army. This is so wrong, I pray that this practice changes before their final days are over here on this earth.
There are plenty of other blogs and message boards available for political commentary. I urge everyone that is putting in their two cents about Mr. Gore onto this message board, or any other politicians for that matter, to show a little class and vent your political frustrations elsewhere. By turning this blog into a political rant, you are continuing to divert attention away from a dire situation that badly needs attention, and literally turning your back on fellow Americans. Please leave this blog for what it was originally intended, that being commentary related to the Tennessee disaster.
You're fanned
As long as the people of Tennessee elect Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, and Zach Wamp, they will not receive an ounce of pity from me let alone a donation.
I saw him in a documentary talking about losing someone to lung cancer after his family got out of the tobacco business. He said, "Ya don't wanna go like that."
Sticks in my mind as I hack up boulders. If I could quit smoking, I would.
anyway...
An animal in the wild can defend itself and hunt for it's food. If you begin to put food out for it everyday, it will begin to rely on you feeding it and will lose all ability to sustain itself without your help.
A lazy animal in the wild would perish. A lazy person, with the government's help, will just keeping feeding off the people and become dependent.
It should be a local area's responsibility with help and aide from the people and churches that take care of the situation at hand. Do you really need a big house and cars, going out to eat and running your debt to the max? Responsible saving and spending would put more money and food into the hands of the hungry and homeless. That would keep government size down and taxes lower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p7tiUxhd7o
I really do think the tendency to slack is a non-denominational, non-partisan, non-racial, equal opportunity human trait.
I wish everyone effected by the flooding the best, whether they voted in 2000 the way I would like or not. They are all Americans.
Those ranting and h8ting here should devote some of their energy to trying to help.
FEMA and the Red Cross are doing a great job and the volunteer effort has been truly inspiring as people are working together in communities across the state. But this rebuilding effort will be costly and lengthy, so additional help will be needed. As a citizen of Pegram, in Cheatham County, I have documented my experiences through this event as well as the experiences of others at my blog at http://www.survivenashville.com. There are many pictures of flood damage in our local area posted there as well links to different websites for those interested in making donations, or volunteering in the relief effort. Please help spread the word.
any mention of your own personal contributions to victims
of this catastrophic event.
Of course, paying for your second mansion -- at nine million
dollars, I believe -- probably limits the extent of your potential
generosity, doesn't it?
Your money and your mouth seem to be in two very different
locations, Mr. Gore.
Or am I wrong?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Investment_Management
http://www.truthistreason.net/goldman-sachs-obama-the-federal-reserve-al-gore-a-communist-revolutionary-group
please ... make a separate natural disaster section, even handedly report the facts and appropiate links and don't pick 'favorites' by allowing a national celebrity special access to plug their local disaster when other equally deserving situations don't get that treatment.