The following were Posted at the
Crawford Peace House Community Board
Anybody in the Area, or Near By, can Volunteer to give a Hand, or Bring Needed Supplies Listed!!
The Second is about a Yahoo Group for Alumni of Camp Casey, where The Call for Help post was listed, Keep In Touch with others who Visited.
Help Needed In New Camp Casey In Covington, La
This report came through the new Yahoo group for Camp Casey Alumni . It pretty much speaks for itself.
Update: new Yahoo group for hurricane relief - Katrina-refugees.
Where did the food go? What about the Medical supplies? How about all the water that was never sucked up in the 109 degree heat of Camp Casey? It got loaded up by the team and members of the Veterans For Peace Chapter 116, Mendocino County, VFP RoadTrips and hauled out with Annie and Buddy Spell of the Louisiana Activist Network, Commanding the way to as close as Camp Casey could get to the catastrophe in Louisiana. Alberto signed on the tour in Austin and we we were joined by Alex and Ella of Minnesota who spent a lot of time at Camp Casey the past month.
We are here, CAMP CASEY is alive, the food is cooking, and we are handing out supplies to the citizens of the community. We need help. Louisiana Activist Network and the VFP Chapter 116 are the only ones here in Covington.
We are in the Same Camp, Different Ditch 96 degrees today
the ditch is at
Reverend Peter Atkins Park in Covington. Corner of 28th and Tyler
in Covington. Louisiana
Where we can take mail: 124 E 14th Street, Covington, LA 70433
The Mendocino, CA Chapter (#116) of Veterans for Peace (www.vfproadtrips.org) has joined the Louisiana Activist Network on the corner of Tyler and 28th Street in Covington, LA where we have opened up a soup kitchen and medical station in a public park.
THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT HERE! THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD IS NOT HERE. ONLY WE ARE HERE AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE IN DISTRESS.
We need, immediately, the following:
WATER, WATER, WATER
ice chests with ice
baby supplies (diapers, formula, ointments)
low fat powdered milk
canned foods
fresh fruit
gasoline
additional generators
shelter
flash lights
portable toilets
We, the veterans and activists of Camp Casey are here to stay. Financial donations are useless under these circumstances. This is anarchy. We need basic supplies ASAP!
GEORGE BUSH HAS LET THESE PEOPLE DOWN! IT'S UP TO YOU AND US!
REVEREND PETER ATKINS PARK
CORNER OF 28TH AND TYLER
COVINGTON, LA
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This is the Posting about the Camp Casey Alumni Yahoo Group;
Glen Fine has set up a yahoo group for everyone who was at camp casey. You can connect with all the friends you made and coordinate peace efforts.
Yahoo Group for Camp Casey Alumni
A yahoo group is where you sign up and then receive emails everytime someone sends an email to the group. For example, I will send an email about Cindy's visit to Austin to the camp casey alumni yahoo group. Then everyone in the group will receive it. If you don't want to receive email but want to read the messages, you can check that box when you sign up. If you have never done it before, it is pretty fun.
Hope to hear from you at the group soon!
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For those who believe that public opposition to the war at home undermines
the morale of troops in combat, here is a point of view from someone who
knows what he is talking about. For the record, many I served with in Viet
Nam were angry about the protests in the US (in no small part because we
were demonized in the process), but they were not demoralized by it. They,
like those of us who thought as the writer of this letter does, were
demoralized by incompetent, careerist leaders, a lack of rational strategy
and politicians who play the game for their benefit with our lives. THAT was
demoralizing.
Please pass this along, particularly to those who, without benefit of war
time experience, claim that protesting the war demoralizes the troops.
Honor the warrior, not the war
Bring our troops home, now
Take care of them we they get home
Dave Collins
Austin contact, Viet Nam Veterans Against the War
I will Add to Dave's 'Correct' observations of that time;"One of the Reasons you See In-Country Vietnam Soldiers Wearing 'Peace Signs' and Giving the 'Peace Sign' in Most of the Video's Shown during that Conflict of Lies!!!!!!!"
James Starowicz
USN '67-'71 GMG3 Vietnam In-Country '70-'71 COMNAVFORV