[meteorite-list] Greensburg Relief Effort
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 10:58:23 -0500 Message-ID: <BAY111-F211EF5E277C8EAD7778E0AB3460_at_phx.gbl> Hello all, Rescue workers are back at the scene today. The weather still does not look good, but we are no longer in full time weather coverage. More heavy thunderstorms on the way in the Greensburg region, and other portions of Kansas, which makes flooding a big threat at the moment. Mal Bishop asked "My question is; how should I ask people to donate, or where to send donations? Could someone set up a special PayPal account to collect funds for the relief, or should we just send donations to one of the list members such as Maria, Mark, Steve, Geoff, or someone else?" Interesting choice of names. The four of us, and others have been bouncing e-mails. Maria Haas noted: Our intent right now is to get some funds down there quickly. In the next day or so we will finalize the details and let you know about a fundraising raffle we are planning. It will be similar to the one Geoff did for Katrina. Those of you who donate funds prior to us working out the details will be included in the raffle. I am accepting donations through my PayPal account at dragonsoup at msn.com<mailto:dragonsoup at msn.com>. For those of you who prefer not to use PayPal, you can send donations to me directly: Maria Haas, 410 Spring Street, Saline, MI 48176." So, we are going to have a Meteorite Community Greensburg Raffle. I will be launching a web page shortly. Donations can besent to Maria, who will later send out the items to the Raffle winners. Sonny added "I would offer some slice of new Nevada meteorites for the auction and a cash donation. We could have Steve and Mark place the money as needed to the residents of Greensburg." I am not sure if Steve will make into Kansas within the next few days or so. I can, of course, make my way over. Currently the place is I believe somewhat locked up, and it was a ghost town yesterday except for resue workers. A curfew was inforced until 9 or 10 this morning. Anyway, I would like to thank everyone for their help with this, especially our charity expects, Maria Hass and Geoff Notkin. As well as Sonny for helping spur us together. Stay tuned for more updates Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas Received on Sun 06 May 2007 11:58:23 AM PDT |
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