Updated: Ontario Trucking Industry & Katrina Survivor Relief

Copy of a comment from RoseMarie left with a post yesterday

An effort is being made in the trucking industry in Ontario to offer tangible relief to the Katrina survivors. The plan is getting underway and will involve each trucking company seeking donations of water, non-perishable items of food, clothing, personal care products, etc. from their suppliers and clients. Each company will have a company driver transport the trailer load to the relief site. I'll keep you updated on our progress.

Any trucking companies in other parts of Canada able and willing to join the effort? Please leave an email address and/or telephone number in a comment.

Scroll down for a post Sept. 1, 05 with links to charities for money donations: Katrina Disaster Relief: Links to How to Help -&- Global Warming.

It would be wonderful if Canadians could feel they are contributing in a concrete way to the relief of the Katrina survivors. We want to help. NJC




I have other commitments today so will post little, if anything. I recommend these sites for a start:

Newsbeat1 for Katrina Disaster information and other links

Jack's Newswatch Katrina links and up to date news links

New Orleans rocked by blasts, military move in -- and there are other items on CTV.ca worth reading.

Too soft for a new kind of war? -- excellent! -- a 'must read'

New Orleans News

There is so much more to read but time has run out.

One suggestion, would journalists stop trying to get interviewees to pinpoint the negative? CNN, for example, though I suspect it is not the only one. Let's mobilize to HELP, not waste breath on negativity right now. Of course, things are not going well; they almost never do. We must place our energy and efforts where it will do the most good right now.

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