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Hurricane relief and a plant to boot
After spending most of the last few days not sleeping, I came up with a
no doubt mind addled idea this morning. So, from now until I say otherwise, 50% of selected plant purchases from my website will go to Hurricane Katrina relief. Maybe more than 50%. It was going to be 100%, but I'd like to be able to restock if this proves to be a useful way of raising donations. No limits while supplies last. I am planning on giving the proceeds to the American Red Cross, and possibly other organizations if there is enough to go around. Even if you don't want a plant, please consider donating to an appropriate charity, even a local organization or food bank. Something that often gets overlooked in these kinds of situations is that charities which aren't involved in hurricane relief are going to need donations. A lot of the money and items they would normally receive will instead be given for relief efforts. I've already given blood, and you probably should too, if you can. Feel free to come up with your own hare-brained scheme for relief efforts. My thought on this was that people who might not have the energy or impetus to donate on their own might like an orchid. Perhaps that will help. http://www.redcross.org http://littlefrogfarm.com/shop Rob -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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"Rob" wrote in message
... After spending most of the last few days not sleeping, I came up with a no doubt mind addled idea this morning. So, from now until I say otherwise, 50% of selected plant purchases from my website will go to Hurricane Katrina relief. Maybe more than 50%. It was going to be 100%, but I'd like to be able to restock if this proves to be a useful way of raising donations. No limits while supplies last. I am planning on giving the proceeds to the American Red Cross, and possibly other organizations if there is enough to go around. Even if you don't want a plant, please consider donating to an appropriate charity, even a local organization or food bank. Something that often gets overlooked in these kinds of situations is that charities which aren't involved in hurricane relief are going to need donations. A lot of the money and items they would normally receive will instead be given for relief efforts. I've already given blood, and you probably should too, if you can. Feel free to come up with your own hare-brained scheme for relief efforts. My thought on this was that people who might not have the energy or impetus to donate on their own might like an orchid. Perhaps that will help. http://www.redcross.org http://littlefrogfarm.com/shop Rob Good idea Rob! I applaud you! I read a mystery newgroup and someone there posted this site, too "and the McCormick/Tribune Foundation will match 50 cents on the dollar if you donate here.. https://mccormicktribune.org/donatio...?campaignid=67 And the foundation covers all administrative costs. " And there is always http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ The mind boggles at this disaster. I was going to mail a Home Depot gift card to my friend who lives in Diamondhead Mississippi, then realized the mail probably *ain't* going thru. Which reminded me that this is the 1st of the month, & I'm sure people who get their social security checks by mail are kicking themselves. And I wondered today what happened to everyone's pets? (again the mystery group came through and provided a link to the ASPCA)(yeah, they're an odd bunch there, *S*) K Barrett |
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That's a good idea.
I just looked at your site, and the pages are a bit wide for those of us still using 17" monitors at 1024x768. It took me a while to even find the plant listings. (I'm using Firefox if that makes any difference). -danny |
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danny wrote:
That's a good idea. I just looked at your site, and the pages are a bit wide for those of us still using 17" monitors at 1024x768. It took me a while to even find the plant listings. (I'm using Firefox if that makes any difference). -danny You know, my wife just said the same thing... I haven't found a problem with firefox or mozilla. But I guess I'll tinker with it. Last time I tinkered with it I killed the whole site... *grin* Rob -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:02:59 -0400, Rob
wrote: danny wrote: That's a good idea. I just looked at your site, and the pages are a bit wide for those of us still using 17" monitors at 1024x768. It took me a while to even find the plant listings. (I'm using Firefox if that makes any difference). -danny You know, my wife just said the same thing... I haven't found a problem with firefox or mozilla. But I guess I'll tinker with it. Last time I tinkered with it I killed the whole site... *grin* Rob At least it displays across the screen not like AOS that looks like a fist in the middle of my 17" screen. I get the whole width - but they have my text size cranked down so that my complaint was going to be the size of your photos. G you can not win. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php |
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This is one of those times when everyone who can help in any way should do
so without a second thought. We've already donated. I think you'll find numerouslocal efforts all over the country, many with little or no administrative costs associated with them, too. Those poor people. I know people who lost everything here last year when we had our storms. But at least the cities were basically intact, and there were other people and places to which the victims could turn. Diana |
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 14:52:26 -0400, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote: This is one of those times when everyone who can help in any way should do so without a second thought. We've already donated. I think you'll find numerouslocal efforts all over the country, many with little or no administrative costs associated with them, too. Those poor people. I know people who lost everything here last year when we had our storms. But at least the cities were basically intact, and there were other people and places to which the victims could turn. Diana Diana don't look now but Ophelia is knockin on the door, and I have to drive to Jacksonville tomorrow...hope she fizzles out. Dave |
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Dave Fouchey wrote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 14:52:26 -0400, "Diana Kulaga" wrote: This is one of those times when everyone who can help in any way should do so without a second thought. We've already donated. I think you'll find numerouslocal efforts all over the country, many with little or no administrative costs associated with them, too. Those poor people. I know people who lost everything here last year when we had our storms. But at least the cities were basically intact, and there were other people and places to which the victims could turn. Diana Diana don't look now but Ophelia is knockin on the door, and I have to drive to Jacksonville tomorrow...hope she fizzles out. Dave And Nate looks like he might make a turn back as well, threatening the Bahamas now. I don't know that I've seen so many scary things at once in the Atlantic basin, and I watch the weather channel a lot. I've heard the record is five simultaneous tropical depressions/storms/hurricanes. But I don't want to see it. Hey people, the hurricane special is still going on... I need people to buy plants to justify doing this for the next catastrophe. And I have a feeling there will be another... *sigh* -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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I had not been back to this thread in a while. By now, Nate is history and
Ophelia (who is the sick individual who named THAT one??) is a tropical storm near the Carolinas, though that could change again. 'Nuff already.... Diana |
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Diana Kulaga wrote:
I had not been back to this thread in a while. By now, Nate is history and Ophelia (who is the sick individual who named THAT one??) is a tropical storm near the Carolinas, though that could change again. 'Nuff already.... Diana Well, if the ocean temperatures continue to go up, you will see Ophelia again in 6 years when they recycle the hurricane name list. It is on a 6 year rotation, I think. They drop 'significant' storms, so they aren't going to be using Katrina again, which might save my daughter some psychological damage someday. I'm just hoping we don't hit hurricane Omega. -- Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com 1) There is always room for one more orchid 2) There is always room for two more orchids 2a) See rule 1 3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more orchids, obtain more credit |
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