My beloved Christian Science Monitor just pissed me the fuck off. An editorial called the response "competent."
UM. Sent them a WTF letter. I could just scream.
Local firestations are accepting clothing a nonperishable food donations for distribution on the Gulf Coast. I foresee a grocery trip in my future. I'm also gonna buy crayons and paper.
Turns out my hometown is looking at free public housing and getting them set up to accept refugees (I know some bristle at the term, and prefer victims. But god. They are. In our own country. At our own failings.) So yay poor little Las Cruces for stepping up. I honestly wasn't sure if the relocation would extend this far, but then I read they are extending evacs as far as El Paso, which is just 45 miles south.
Celine Dion is ranting and raving and making all kinds of sense.
It really is the end of the world, isn't it?
From the Chicago Sun-Times, another story of prompt, abundant help offered to FEMA and refused. So fucking appalling.
Here's some donation-matching foundations/businesses that caught my eye:
The Barry Manilow Fund is actually giving double what people contribute -- the fund itself matches the donation, and then, according to the website, Barry himself is matching the donation. So $1 = $3 thanks to the dude who writes the songs that make the whole world sing.
Whole Foods is matching in-store contributions, up to $1 million.
Amoeba Music is matching donations made at their stores. (Hec, time to go shopping!)
Best Buy is matching in-store contributions up to $1 million.
Peet's Coffee will match up to $25,000; donations go to the Red Cross, and you can donate online.
Steph, thanks. We need to get some groceries tonight, so I'm thinking we might make it a Whole Foods kind of evening. (Especially as what we need is cream, coffee, and olive oil.)
I was just thinking the same thing, Plei, except about tomorrow morning, and what I need is dutched cocoa.
Perkins, does your Whole Foods even have it? Ours does not.
However, lest you despair, the top ranking one in the CI test was the Hershey's, now relabeled "Special Dark".
See, there aren't any damn Whole Foods in Cincy. So, for the time being, I'm going to donate through the Manilow Fund, while it's still turning my $1 into $3.
Thank you, Steph. My company (ptuirichfuckers) is not doing matching funds, so at least now I have a place to oomph my money.
