Posted by TamaraJ on September 2, 2005, at 17:30:08
In reply to Is anyone else getting depressed because of this?, posted by TexasChic on September 2, 2005, at 17:17:50
It's hard to sit by and watch people suffer knowing there is not much we, as individuals, can do to ease the suffering. This may sound stupid, but perhaps there is something you could do within your own community - like a community drive to collect clothes, shoes, household items (including even second-hand furniture and drapes, etc.), toys for kids and other things that can distributed to the victims for when people are in a position to start putting their lives back together. I am sure some could even use clothes and such now. So many have been left with little more than the clothes on their backs. They have lost so much. It has been beyond heartwrenching to watch the news coverage. One man was holding an eight-week old baby and was distraught that they didn't know where they would get milk to feed the baby. So much suffering, so much despair, so much loss.
T
> I just wish there was something I could do to help. But it seems the only help they want is money (I've already donated what little I could). If I were to drive out to one of the evacuation centers it would probably cost more than I could afford in gas anyway. I just feel so bad for the kids, elderly, and ill.
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> -T
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