Every time I catch the news or manage to read stories in the AJC or NYT these days, I'm constantly struck by how massive the relief effort following Hurricane Katrina seems to be. There are so many different ways to help!
HG joined in on the efforts to help, and donated school supplies for children affected by the storm through Atlanta's All The Hits Q100, Kathy Cox, Superindent of Schools/State of Georgia, UPS and the Salvation Army. The radio station's goal is to provide backpacks filled with school supplies for the over 5000 children that have relocated to Atlanta because of Katrina. We hope that our efforts in providing these backpacks will help a child feel welcomed to Georgia and more like the other students.
I'm curious, though, as to what the readers of our BloHG and their companies have done, with regard to the ongoing relief efforts. I'm also interested in finding out whether or not your company publicized any of its relief activities. Finally, do you think corporations should publicize their good works via press releases, or do you think it's more noble to quietly contribute?
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It's so interesting, all the emotions that are brought out from this. And the weird experiences. I donated to this organization which seemed extremely surprised, confused and at a loss as to wht to do with the contributions. It made me sad that they obviously had not been overwhelmed with support. Either that or they were just extremely badly organized.
My in laws have been living with us for the past three weeks and our hoping to get back to MS this week. The very first week they were here they were at Publix donating money, even though they themselves were evacuees. They felt so guilty just having a roof over their heads.
Another friend was going off on people who "partied" on Labor day in such a time of struggle and strife for others. I felt bad immediately, remembering the beers I drank and the pool I swam in. Then I thought about the in-laws who told us they were so happy that we invited them to our party just to have something to distract them for a little while from the horror of their future.
I guess it puts everything into perspective.
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