UPDATE IV: They’re still hungry

This is very much like Katrina, but you aren’t being told that in the media.  They want you to think that FEMA is doing the best job and eveythng is honkey-dorey.  All media coverage on the Island has been blacked out.

FEMA has botched it once again, but this time they are making it difficult for independent organizations to do what they do best – help in a time of need and crisis!

We need your support!  We need gas for generators and food.  The people are starving and thirsty.

For just a moment, put yourself in their shoes.  This is what i had to do when I was in Bay St. Louis, being overwhelmed and almost numb to it all after having heard everything on the news.  I didn’t go down until Jan.  I had been told about everything from my husband since Sept and sent continual pictures.  But it wasn’t until I started looking at the devastation and thinking – ‘Wow, what would it be like if I lost everything?  How would I react if I didn’t have a single thing left except the clothes on my back?  How would my precious children handle this?  All their favorite toys and books gone, in one day.’

Ask yourself these questions.  Look at the pictures.  How would you like help?  There are many people reading this blog daily, I know you’re out there.  How can you help?  If you can’t help with supplies or finances, but still want to help in some way, contact me and we’ll fit you in.  There’s always something to be done.  You don’t have to be on site.  There are phone calls to be made, people to contact.

Do you have children?  Let them help.  Here’s what my children did post-Katrina.  They went door-to-door with a jar telling the residents of the neighborhood that they wanted to buy winter wear for the victims of Katrina, and then asking if they had any pocket change they would like to donate to help them to purchase the coats.  In 2 or 3 days they had over $100 in pocket change.  We need gas for generators and fuel to ship the items down there.  We need money for food and clothes and shoes.

We have an address for you to send the money order or checks to with them made out to Streetscape Ministries and we will get it there.  If there is a particular need that you want the money to go toward make a notation and that is what it will be used for.  If you want to purchase something and send it down we will get you the address.  vicky at haotinc dot com.

For local news to see what you’re not being told in Galveston see the Galveston County News Daily