I figure since Mardi Gras and SuperTuesday fall on the same day, why not show our support to the fine people of NOLA by wearing beads to vote?!?!
WE haven't forgotten them, maybe the Bush administration has, but WE haven't!
So here, take some beads & adorn yourself!
This weekend NightProwlKitty, kj, and myself have written a few diaries, which I link to at the bottom of this diary. We are trying to raise-not only $$$, but awareness as well, of the on-going situation in the Lower Ninth Ward. People still need money and resources to rebuild and we have found an EXCELLENT way to help them directly....NENA, the Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association.
In another diary today about NOLA, entitled "5, 10, 15, 20..." kj writes:
There have been, and will continue to be, essays written here and elsewhere about the devastation on America's Gulf Coast. Eloquent, heart-felt songs and words written by and about American people whose lives will never been the same after Katrina hit and the levees failed. Lives marked today by neglect; plain and simple neglect. Some say this neglect isn't benign- but designed. I'm not going to delve into that subject today; I just see what I see and it isn't good.
But, I've got an extra $5. In fact, I've got extra $10. And today, I know where to send it. NENA (The Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association). If you have an extra $5, $10, $15, $20... maybe you could send it on as well. It might buy someone a meal. It might buy them nails to repair what's left of their home. It might send them hope.
NENA's priority needs are:
1.) Building Materials: nails to studs to wire.
2.) Money=easy to donate here: DONATE.NET
3.) Gift Cards from: Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, Win Dixie Food Stores, Dollar General, Family Dollar
Please, let's do what we can for NENA!
You can send personal checks to:
NENA
PO Box 3920
New Orleans, Louisiana 70177
Don't forget to pick up your beads on the way out the door!
Thanks for stoppin' in! Kris
Can You Help? NOLA's 9th Ward Needs Us!
by: Ikrisarus
"Among The Best Neighborhoods in the US"
by: Nightprowlkitty
Rise, America
by: Raybin
(Excellent Diary)
"Week-end Marathon: NOLA, We Care!"
by: Ikrisarus
"I'm not waiting on the government to give me nothing"
by: Nightprowlkitty
"Eyes on the Prize"
by: kj
"5, 10, 15, 20..."
by: kj