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January 10, 2005
Tsunami donations.
After reading this post it made me think a little bit harder on what it would be like to lose people I cared about then have to start rebuilding my life from scratch.
Here's a quote from Greg's friend Russ that puts things into perspective:
"While all this banter about motivations and political aspirations is mildly amusing, it misses the main point... 150,000 and counting died, and hundreds of thousands need help now.
I watched Colin Powel's news conference, where even Jeb looked confused about his purpose there, and was struck by Secretary Powel's statement that the US as a country is the most able to help; and with that ability comes the responsibility to act.
After a few days of debating how to appropriately discuss this with our children, my wife and I dove in tonight. We visited websites, watched video, broke out the globe and spent over an hour answering every odd question 7 and 10 year old children think of.
At the end of it all, my kids went upstairs and came down with $75 of their own money. That represented all of my son's hard won poker winnings (which is another story all together) and a significant portion of their Christmas money. And frankly, it shamed my $500 donation.
And yes I know there's a post about how to help a few days ago, but this is where all the current activity is."
Posted by beamz at January 10, 2005 10:28 AM
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