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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/03/05 10:12 PM
09/03/05 10:12 PM
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OH, VA, KY
Mignon
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DC, You are a blessing from God.  Willing to go and help out like that. You are one special person who has a huge heart. Good luck with that course. Keep us posted if you do get to go or not.
Dylan Matthew Moran born 10/30/12
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/03/05 10:12 PM
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DC, I saw a woman on the news today answering questions about what people can do to help. They had people volunteering their homes, their time, etc. She told people that want to volunteer to call their local Salvation Army chapter and be put on a list. Then they will match volunteers' skills with the particular needs they may have at that time. For example, they said right now it's medicines and medical personnel, but in a month or two, they'll need people with construction skills, like carpenters.
It would be a terrible waste to go down there and not have some way to pitch in, although with the thousands in Astrodome, you'd think any extra set of hands could be put to use, even if it's just serving water or putting sandwiches together.
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/03/05 10:13 PM
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Don Cardi
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Don Cardi  Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/03/05 11:21 PM
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If it weren't for school, I'd most definetly be able t ogo down there if I could convince the folks to let me go. Also, what is the news on New Orleans? I worked all day and went out tonight. Are evacuations still under way? I saw that thousands were evacuated today.
"After every dark night, there's a bright day right after that. No matter how hard it gets, stick your chest out, keep your head up, and handle it." -Tupac Shakur
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/04/05 12:29 PM
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I read this morning that all of the evacuees from the convention center are OUT, but that there are stragglers still stuck in their homes. The doctors interviewed at the makeshift hospital at the airport were so sad. They said that the patients just died in front of their eyes, and that without power, water or medication, there was nothing they could do. The patients were diabetics or on dialysis, and without medication or equipment, there was nothing to do but watch them die.
Texas has accepted 240,000 evacuees and doesn't think that they can accept any more. They've been so very generous, but where else can you put these people?
President Emeritus of the Neal Pulcawer Fan Club
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/04/05 12:57 PM
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My dad has an absolutely perfect idea that he recommended to his boss yesterday. He recommended that if every employee at Lankford-Sysco (the company he works for) donated one day of vacation pay, they could donate a ton of money! There's roughly 850 employees working at Lankford-Sysco, with one vacation day ranging anywhere from $100 to $500. We'll say each person averages $300. That would come out to $255,000!  . Now not everybody at Sysco makes that much, so it's not an accurate number, but they would easily make it over $100,000. I should probably recommend this to my boss.
"Growing up my dad was like 'You have a great last name, Galifianakis. Galifianakis...begins with a gal...and ends with a kiss...' I'm like that's great dad, can we get it changed to 'Galifianafuck' please?" -- Zach Galifianakis
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/04/05 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by xXx_DoN_CoRLeOnE_xXx:
I should probably recommend this to my boss. I had heard that Wal-Mart donated $15 million (the largest single donation amount I've heard).
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/04/05 01:08 PM
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Don Cardi
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Originally posted by xXx_DoN_CoRLeOnE_xXx: My dad has an absolutely perfect idea that he recommended to his boss yesterday. He recommended that if every employee at Lankford-Sysco (the company he works for) donated one day of vacation pay, they could donate a ton of money! There's roughly 850 employees working at Lankford-Sysco, with one vacation day ranging anywhere from $100 to $500. We'll say each person averages $300. That would come out to $255,000! . Now not everybody at Sysco makes that much, so it's not an accurate number, but they would easily make it over $100,000. I should probably recommend this to my boss. Great Idea! On Friday, our building did this: Originally posted by Don Cardi: We did a dress down day today to raise money, for the Hurricane victims. Usually we raise $15,000 to $25,000 for the charity that we are holding a specific dress down day for.
It was first projected that we would raise about $25,000.
Well when I was leaving work today I stopped by the office our charitable foundation's chairwoman, and was told that we raised $70,000 for the hurricane victims. And to make it even better, the board of directors of our exchange agreed to match whatever amount we raised from our building's dress down day! So all total, in one day, we raised $140,000 for this tragedy.
Don Cardi Now if every building across the country that houses corporations and companies did this just for ONE day, can you imagine how much money would be raised in one day? Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/04/05 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by Don Andrew: Did you see Mike Myers reaction? Hilarious.  It was tacky and not the time or place for Kanye to say that...
LA BELLA MAFIA
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Re: New Orleans is Takin' Cover
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09/04/05 09:49 PM
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Don Andrew
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Originally posted by Meggie: [quote]Originally posted by Don Andrew:
[b] Did you see Mike Myers reaction? Hilarious. It was tacky and not the time or place for Kanye to say that... [/b][/quote]I didn't agree with West saying that either, but I did think Mike Myers' reaction was funny. He looked at him in awe for 2 seconds and hen Chris Tucker started to ramble. But, no, that wasn't the time nor the place for West to say that.
Hey, how's it going?
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And it breaks even more when I see those kids. 
