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September 01, 2005

A Challenge

I'm feeling pretty helpless, like so many others, watching the situation along the gulf coast, and I'm trying to find as many ways to help as possible. So, I'm going to issue a challenge. If you make a donation to America's Second Harvest or Red Cross, forward your reciept to me at poppymom @ gmail . com (delete any delicate info, please) and your mailing address, and I'll send you a little something. Even if you only donate $5. I figure, there's around 200 people a day who read this. If everyone give $5, that's $1000. Of course, give more if you can.

Also, not a challenge per se, but an idea. A friend of mine in Shreveport has taken in some pets from her local shelter who have been left homeless by the storm. This got me thinking - there are a lot of animals in shelters because of this tragedy. I know I've got a bunch of knitters who read. This is what I'm thinking - get your knitting pals together and have an evening of knitting pet squares - just simple, cheap acrylic (must be washable) squares that animal shelters can place in the cages. If my friend gets the info to me, and there is a need for this, I'm planning to harrass all my local knitting friends to come over one night next week to knit pet pads and eat gumbo.

Posted by Robin at September 1, 2005 12:45 PM

Comments

i just donated $25, but i don't want anything special. :)

i spelled my url wrong 3 times trying to post this. 3 times!

Posted by: kara at September 1, 2005 01:57 PM

Hey: I must have had a preminition or something. I donated $25 to each organization, before ever reading this today. No gift is necessary. I think it is a really cool challenge.

Posted by: Kim at September 1, 2005 04:23 PM

I donated yesterday but don't send me anything because you've treated me enough!

But I would be interested in knitting pet squares and maybe sending them on to where they're needed. Can you email me a pattern if it's decided that pet squares are needed?

Posted by: DixiePeach at September 1, 2005 06:02 PM

Poppy: Cool challenge. Sorry I took so long letting you know that I'm okay down here -- we finally got our power back today. It's just so much worse in NO.

Posted by: Katya at September 1, 2005 07:17 PM