Comments | pull_toy: PSA: Being able to help out in times like these

pull_toy

PSA: Being able to help out in times like these

Aug 31, 2005 18:45

If you find yourself wishing there was something [more] you could do to help with the Katrina relief efforts, consider becoming a volunteer in Disaster Services at your local Red Cross chapter. Not only will you have the opportunity to help folks out locally on an ongoing basis (when there's a house fire, the residents are just as homeless as those ( Read more... )

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beyondbliss September 1 2005, 16:17:00 UTC

Good advice.

likethewatch September 1 2005, 17:23:21 UTC

I dropped a few bucks in the Red Cross box here. But why are my friends on LJ saying that the ARC discriminates against homosexuals?

pull_toy September 1 2005, 17:29:44 UTC

Really? I'd be interested to see what folks are saying...

I get a feeling that maybe they're thinking about the blood services side, where there is indeed discrimination -- though I believe that's an industry-wide thing. As far as the disaster relief side, the Red Cross is pretty militantly impartial in my experience; also, they were more inclusive than, say, the government in post-9/11 relief:

http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/press.html?record=926

likethewatch September 2 2005, 01:15:31 UTC

One did mention blood donation, but another said something about services provided outside of disaster relief.

Thanks for the link... I don't have a negative opinion of the Red Cross, just curious why others would and figured you'd have the inside scoop.

bouldertim September 1 2005, 21:23:10 UTC

I know my firm stopped coordinating efforts through the Salvation Army for this reason but we still rely on the Red Cross for coordinated efforts due to their non-discrimination policy.

ihavemeaning December 11 2005, 03:45:56 UTC

Hey. Were you at Gendercrash?

ihavemeaning December 12 2005, 04:31:00 UTC

No, I haven't been in years, actually. Howdja happen to land here?

Oops, that was me pull_toy December 12 2005, 04:33:48 UTC

Lost my cookies. ;^)

Re: Oops, that was me ihavemeaning December 12 2005, 12:32:45 UTC

You make friends, you write creative nonfiction. One thing leads to another and then boom, one Thursday you're outside this place called Spontaneous Celebrations. You see hott people going inside, and you decide to follow the yummy moo moos. You see the sign up sheet. You decide to use your 3 minutes as an opportunity to hit on as many people in the audience as possible while also squandering any illusion of your literary genius.

Such are the ways of the world.