I received the
following comment on one of my blog posts today, and thought I would open this up in case anyone had some ideas they could share.
I do not know the reliability of the individual posting this, but the idea seems at the least plausible. Perhaps some Kossacks have some info they can share:
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Comment from: John Heinbockel [Visitor]
Hello,
I'm a college instructor who is talking to students about the idea of adopting a small college, small high school, or small middle school in the New Orleans area that would like to have a sponsor to support them in every way we can. But we are a small college and need to find an institution that would match our size. Plan is to get each of our students to begin a sort of pen-pal on line or snail mail connection with each of the students in that school. Of course, the goals is to help rebuild, with care, funds, gifts, and most of all spirit that says America cares. All we need is to find the right school because we are too small to deal with an entire town or a major institution. We just want to be there for you if we can. If this is not workable, please do not worry.
I am contacting other needy areas to ask if they have a "match" for us. God Bless.
A caveat: I have not been able to thoroughly check this one out yet. I hate to say it, but there are plenty of online scams out there hoping to prey on good people who are willing to help. But this could be fairly innocuous. So I'm trying to get the word out on this. Replies can be posted to the comment here. You don't need to (and I suggest you do not) post your email in your response, but perhaps through the comments we can give this person some ideas on how they can make connections.
Crossposted at WhatsTheQuestion.org