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Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

SEP 10, 2005 04:03 PM

With record-setting donation levels already in place, the Red Cross has put out the largest call for volunteers it has ever needed. 40,000 volunteer workers are needed in Katrina relief efforts to replace the quickly-being-exhausted 36,000 volunteers already in rotation. The volunteers have been assisting in many ways, but more are needed.

If you're interested in helping in any way you can, find your local chapter of the Red Cross and give them a call.

If you're a website owner, tack one of the Red Cross banners somewhere on your site.

If you're a network technician or have network security experience, your expertise is needed as well. The SANS institute is taking the contact information of tech volunteers and giving it out to the Red Cross and other charities.

Even though most victims have been evacuated to relative safety and donations of money and goods are still pouring in, volunteers are still needed to help distribute goods and services to those in need. Who knows, you might even find out you like helping others.

AceTracer

acetracer

Hollywood, FL
January 2004

SEP 10, 2005 04:11 PM

Nice article Shalome, covers all the bases and mentions stuff I haven't seen yet.

Though the title made me wonder if the Red Cross had been infiltrated by zombies surreal

figmentation

figmentation

I'm lost
December 2003

SEP 10, 2005 04:18 PM

the one problem with volunteering is that no one pays your bills while you're away. if this issue were able to be properly taken care of, I would have been there last week.

akl

akl

Sacramento, CA
February 2004

SEP 10, 2005 04:37 PM

If I was in DC I'd be all over helping with the network/security stuff.

effstop

effstop

Las Vegas, NV
June 2004

SEP 10, 2005 06:00 PM

Figment said:
the one problem with volunteering is that no one pays your bills while you're away. if this issue were able to be properly taken care of, I would have been there last week.



doesn't mean you can't volunteer in the local area. i'm sure collection points could use a few more people. give them a call, they're open on the weekends.

photoline

photoline

Edmonton, AB
January 2005

SEP 10, 2005 06:12 PM

I would guess that by volunteering in your own town/city, you free up people with more experience who can then go to the affected areas. I'm thinking about doing that here in Edmonton a few hours a week.

figmentation

figmentation

I'm lost
December 2003

SEP 10, 2005 06:36 PM

fstop said:

Figment said:
the one problem with volunteering is that no one pays your bills while you're away. if this issue were able to be properly taken care of, I would have been there last week.



doesn't mean you can't volunteer in the local area. i'm sure collection points could use a few more people. give them a call, they're open on the weekends.



very true...
I'd rather be there handing stuff out and helping with the clean up of the destroyed areas than by collecting stuff from here.
Regardless, you do what you can, when you can.
Thanks for the idea.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

SEP 10, 2005 06:51 PM

Figment said:

fstop said:

Figment said:
the one problem with volunteering is that no one pays your bills while you're away. if this issue were able to be properly taken care of, I would have been there last week.



doesn't mean you can't volunteer in the local area. i'm sure collection points could use a few more people. give them a call, they're open on the weekends.



very true...
I'd rather be there handing stuff out and helping with the clean up of the destroyed areas than by collecting stuff from here.


They've set up 675 shelters across the country. You might actually be closer to "handing stuff out" than you think.

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

SEP 10, 2005 06:55 PM

bonanzajellybean said:

Figment said:
the one problem with volunteering is that no one pays your bills while you're away. if this issue were able to be properly taken care of, I would have been there last week.



For once in your lifetime aren't your bills a little less important than helping people who don't even have a home/job/jack shit? I bet they all wished they had bills to worry about, instead of worrying about how they are going to feed themselves.

Would have, should have, didn't.



There is a difference between making a sacrifice to help people out, and getting evicted because you didn't pay your rent. Or having the interest rates on your credit card triple because you were late paying a bill.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

SEP 10, 2005 06:57 PM

Figment said:

fstop said:

Figment said:
the one problem with volunteering is that no one pays your bills while you're away. if this issue were able to be properly taken care of, I would have been there last week.



doesn't mean you can't volunteer in the local area. i'm sure collection points could use a few more people. give them a call, they're open on the weekends.



very true...
I'd rather be there handing stuff out and helping with the clean up of the destroyed areas than by collecting stuff from here.
Regardless, you do what you can, when you can.
Thanks for the idea.




In reading the local paper while I was at the laundromat today, I found out that there are hurricane evacuees being sheltered here in Long Beach.

Like Bean said, you might be closer to helping than you think.

jedichris27

jedichris27

Highland, CA
January 2005

SEP 10, 2005 06:57 PM

I just found out that the County will pay my salary while I am gone. And I do network/computer stuff, I am definatly going to look into it.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

SEP 10, 2005 07:00 PM

jedichris27 said:
I just found out that the County will pay my salary while I am gone. And I do network/computer stuff, I am definatly going to look into it.




You rock. smile

Anonym

Anonym

Sarnia, ON
January 2005

SEP 11, 2005 11:25 AM

From the Canadian Red Cross website.

“At present the American Red Cross has requested that Canadian Red Cross send highly trained disaster response volunteers and we are currently preparing our team to travel to the US. The Canadian Red Cross will be not be recruiting new people for this team, but rather will be relying on its existing pool of experienced, trained volunteers."

That's basically on every single Katrina-related page of the Canadian Red Cross website. I'd be on a plane in a heartbeat if they'd let me. I'm still calling the chapter here to see if I can do anything locally though.

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

SEP 11, 2005 11:40 AM

I can only send cash which is unfortunate since they could probably use EMT's and paramedics down there. frown

RumpusParable

RumpusParable

Copperas Cove, TX
April 2003

SEP 11, 2005 12:30 PM

nevermind.

[Edited on Sep 11, 2005 by RumpusParable]

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

SEP 11, 2005 08:41 PM

bonanzajellybean said:

MrStitches said:
There is a difference between making a sacrifice to help people out, and getting evicted because you didn't pay your rent. Or having the interest rates on your credit card triple because you were late paying a bill.




You work 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Maybe, instead of spending your free time sitting on the internet jacking off to girls you'll never have, you could donate a few hours of your time to something more important than yourself. eeek



What the fuck?
Should I drive down to New Orleans when I get off work? Why are you so angry?

fountainofdreams

fountainofdreams

Batavia, IL
January 2005

SEP 11, 2005 10:03 PM

AceTracer said:
Nice article Shalome, covers all the bases and mentions stuff I haven't seen yet.

Though the title made me wonder if the Red Cross had been infiltrated by zombies surreal



help the evacuees, and let us get their braaains...er...

help the evacueees.....

_Sarah_

_Sarah_

Kalamazoo, MI
January 2003

SEP 11, 2005 10:18 PM

bonanzajellybean said:

MrStitches said:
There is a difference between making a sacrifice to help people out, and getting evicted because you didn't pay your rent. Or having the interest rates on your credit card triple because you were late paying a bill.




You work 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Maybe, instead of spending your free time sitting on the internet jacking off to girls you'll never have, you could donate a few hours of your time to something more important than yourself. eeek


Are you down there helping out right now? I'm just curious, since you seem to be jumping all over him about it.

Nice article, Shalome. I'll tack one of the banners up on my public journal. I think Detroit might have a shelter started... I keep hearing rumors about it, but I haven't checked yet. Thanks for the reminder.

[Edited on Sep 12, 2005 by Sorcha]

FrankMask

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN
June 2003

SEP 12, 2005 08:45 AM

bonanzajellybean said:

Figment said:
the one problem with volunteering is that no one pays your bills while you're away. if this issue were able to be properly taken care of, I would have been there last week.



For once in your lifetime aren't your bills a little less important than helping people who don't even have a home/job/jack shit? I bet they all wished they had bills to worry about, instead of worrying about how they are going to feed themselves.

Would have, should have, didn't.



Very few people in the world can afford to quit their jobs, leave their homes for weeks at a time, feed and shelter themselves while out volunteering, and do it all without finding themselves homeless when they return.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

SEP 12, 2005 08:50 AM

bonanzajellybean said:

MrStitches said:
There is a difference between making a sacrifice to help people out, and getting evicted because you didn't pay your rent. Or having the interest rates on your credit card triple because you were late paying a bill.




You work 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Maybe, instead of spending your free time sitting on the internet jacking off to girls you'll never have, you could donate a few hours of your time to something more important than yourself. eeek


You, of course are accessing the internet from the flooded city of New Orleans, huh? Is it easy to call a kettle black from a glass house?

Maybe instead of criticizing people for what they can/are able to do, you should get off your own ass and lend a hand.

Max16Characters

Max16Characters

Korea, Republic Of
March 2003

SEP 12, 2005 08:59 AM

Shit...i'd really like to personally help out and do stuff there myself, but i'm 10,000 miles away. I suppose the only thing i can do is give money, but that just seems so easy.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

SEP 12, 2005 11:07 AM

bonanzajellybean said:

Frank said:
Very few people in the world can afford to quit their jobs, leave their homes for weeks at a time, feed and shelter themselves while out volunteering, and do it all without finding themselves homeless when they return.



When does volunteering involve quitting your job? You have days off... what are you doing then? You obviously have time to browse the internet for porn.



Err....what are you doing? Next time, instead of shouting at everyone, why not take the time out of your busy day of pointing fingers and donate a little bit of your precious holier-than-thou-time to someone else. Even though we'd miss your condescending posts that conveniently omit what ever the fuck you do for the common good, I'm sure we'd all get over it.

Maybe some of the tattoo money could feed a few people. I'm just saying.


[Edited on Sep 12, 2005 by PantBloink]

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

SEP 12, 2005 11:37 AM

bonanzajellybean said:

Frank said:
Very few people in the world can afford to quit their jobs, leave their homes for weeks at a time, feed and shelter themselves while out volunteering, and do it all without finding themselves homeless when they return.



When does volunteering involve quitting your job? You have days off... what are you doing then? You obviously have time to browse the internet for porn.

Want to know why I'm so pissed at all you lazy, self-centered ignorant sheep?

While you were busy making up wild excuses on why you JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME.... the gov't barred the red cross from even entering the city... yes, the red cross was never even in the city to help, our gov't stopped them. They said, don't worry, we'll handle it. THEN, 500 of 1700 of the 500 police force quit. The military has moved in, going door to door to confescate LEGALLY OWNED firearms. So they could more easily move out the last of the holdouts, the who actually want to rebuild their city for themselves, people who WANT to make a difference. The police chief then said after a military takeover, where the citizens, oh wait, we are civilians now, had their LEGALLY OWNED firearms confiscated, have their constitutional rights violated, are forced out of the property THEY own... and I fucking quote you -
"We have complete control over the city at this time," said Edwin P. Compass III, superintendent of the New Orleans police. "I think we have had three crimes in the last four days. This is the safest city in America."

While you sat on your ass with better things to do, you let this happen. You said, I pay taxes, let the gov't take care of it. And we all did. And we handed over all our responsibility in the community and to our county. And they took our responsibility, I mean we gave it to them, we believed them when they said they knew how to take care of us. And when we handed over our responsibility, we handed over our power.





[Edited on Sep 12, 2005 by bonanzajellybean]




You must be an amazing person.
Why don't you stop arguing on the internet, and go stop the governement from doing bad things? You obviously have the time. And according to you, it's a simple matter of getting off of your lazy ass to make the governement do what you want.

And the conversation was not about volunteering. It was about going to New Orleans to help there. Maybe in this magical world you live in where self righteousness is apparently morally superior to rationality, they are the same thing, and anyone can just pop down to the gulf coast on their days off.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

SEP 12, 2005 11:42 AM

^^If it's not the sound of her own voice, she's not listening.

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

SEP 12, 2005 11:49 AM

so, uh, jellybean... how's that totally fucking insane thing working out for you?

good article though. i never thought there would actually be a shortage of geeks anywhere... though i suppose that's due to there being a shortage of everything right now.

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