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the skippy challenge

by skippy, Wed Aug 31, 2005 at 07:40:18 PM EST

this is not about red states v. blue states...this is not about left v. right...this is not about liberal v. conservative...

the people in louisiana, mississippi and alabama are americans. this is about america. and americans have historically always rolled up their sleeves and pitched in to help out their fellow countrymen in need.

skippy has donated $100.01 to the red cross for hurricane relief. and now, skippy challenges everyone who writes a political blog, no matter what side of the spectrum they inhabit, to do the same.

but that's not all of the challenge. skippy then dares everyone on his blogroll (who will be receiving an email with this double-dog dare), after they donate, to (a) blog about it, and (b) send an email to everyone on their blog roll.

the $100 is to make a difference. if every political blog donates $100, think of the hundreds of thousands of dollars the red cross can use to buy food and supplies for the people that need it now.
and the 1 cent is to let everyone know where that the donations came from blogtopia (yes! we coined that phrase!) and know that for once, in reality, the blogs are making a difference.

if the server is busy, call 1-800 help now .

if you can't contribute $100.01, then make it $50.01 or $20.01, or at least $5.01 (the minimum the red cross requires, plus 1 cent). give up your saturday movie date this week, take your lunch to work instead of eating out, do something !

americans are starving, with no place to live, in conditions that are rapidly deteriorating. it's time we all pitched in and helped our fellow citizens! do it !

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skippy needs a million dollars...to go to the red cross!

addendum: dc media girl has a great list of charities, along with the red cross, that can help...donate to any one of them (but be sure to add on that 1 cent, so they know it came from blogtopia! and yes! we coined that phrase!)

double addendum: glenn reynolds of instapundit is also on the case, with many more charities to donate to, and links to other blogs who are touting same, including our righty buds chuck simmins and n.z. bear .

triple addendum: the lovely ann (formerly of two tears in a bucket , and who donated yesterday) also recommends checking out the united methodist committee for relief ("umcor") which has suggestions on tangible supplies that you can donate. and thanks to blogtopus for being the first to answer the skippy challenge, and for donating even more than us!

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I'm in skippy (none / 0)

No inspirational words. I just wish I could do more. I also wish my government had done more to prepare for this disaster and more to help tsunami victims in Asia as well.

I checked out relief totals at Relief Web and almost changed my mind. The U.S. total relief contributions were:

Billions U.S. World Total

2000 $0.41 $1.78
2001 $1.23 $3.8
2002 $1.89 $4.9
2003 $3.27 $4.65
2004 $1.03 $4.55

I gave $50.01 to the Red Cross and $50.01 to Direct Relief for the tsunami. I'm really conflicted about my donation to the Red Cross. I'm wondering if I should have given the entire amount towards the tsunami, where the reconstruction efforts continue.

Direct Relief does a lot of things besides natural disasters, and here is a list of their disaster response events:

# Hurricane Katrina Response
# India Floods Response
# Hurricane Dennis Response
# Sumatra earthquake (July 5, 2005)
# Response to Earthquake and Tsunami in Southeast Asia
# La Conchita, California Mudslide
# Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne Response
# Haiti and Dominican Republic Flood Watch
# Response to Iranian Earthquake 2003
# Iran Earthquake Relief Effort Photos March 2004
# Response to Iraq Humanitarian Medical Needs
# Response to Afghanistan Humanitarian Medical Needs
# Emergency Response to Southern California Wildfires
# Emergency Response to El Salvador Pneumonia Outbreaks

I've seen estimates that our Katrina relief effort will cost $25 Billion. It looks like world wide total humanitarian relief only runs $2-4 billion per year. I'm going to do some research and give this some thought.

by Gary Boatwright on Wed Aug 31, 2005 at 09:06:32 PM EST

thanks, gary (none / 0)

as i've said elsewhere, no matter what charity you give to, it's important that we start the flow of cash and goods and services into that area of the country.

"blogtopia - yes, i coined that phrase!"

by skippy on Wed Aug 31, 2005 at 09:25:59 PM EST

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