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- From: Charlene@f138.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Charlene)
- Subject: Florida Hurricane Relief Effort - Help, please?
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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 04:29:42 GMT
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- 09/02/92 12:14:40
- From: CHARLENE MANN
- To: ALL
- Subj: FLORIDA HURRICANE RELIEF INFO
-
- * Forwarded from "Net Florida Sysops"
- * Originally by Christopher Baker
- * Originally to All
- * Originally dated 31 Aug 1992, 2:24
- * Submitted to THE BIONIC DOG
- and the Electronic Freedom Foundation
- for Usenet distribution 9/6/92
- by Charlene Mann
-
-
- Governor Lawton Chiles announced today a toll-free number for coordination of
- hurricane relief to southern Florida residents and agencies.
-
- 1-800-FL-HELP-1 (1-800-354-3571) is the centralized number for
- information,pledges, and coordination of delivery of goods at the FLorida
- Relief Center. It will be manned 24 hours a day.
-
- The Florida Relief Fund has been establish for collecting money to be used in
- South Florida and they even have provisions for credit card donations to the
- disaster relief. Donations of money by check or money order will also be
- welcome. Make your check or money order out to: FLorida Relief Fund. Send it
- to:
-
- FLorida Relief Fund P.O. Box 7000
- Tallahassee, FLorida 32314 U.S.A.
-
- Credit card donations may be called into the FLorida Relief Center on either
- MasterCard or Visa [no, they don't take American Express].
-
- A staging area for the delivery of goods has been set up in Palm Beach County
- to preclude the direct transportation from everywhere that is seriously
- clogging the passable roads into south Dade County. Items received will be
- warehoused and transported as needed into the storm strike zone.
-
- Anyone with goods for the relief effort are requested to take them to the
- South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach or to send them there by whatever
- shipping means available to them.
-
- I have just spoken to the Relief Center and here's the direct scoop and
- particulars:
-
- Florida Relief Center
- South Florida Fairgrounds
- 9067 Southern Blvd
- West Palm Beach, FLorida 33411 U.S.A.
- 24 hours telephone - 1-800-354-3571.
-
- The Fairgrounds are accessible from either I-95 or the Florida Turnpike. From
- I-95, take the Southern Blvd exit west and continue west for about 10 miles.
- From the Florida Turnpike, take the Okeechobee/West Palm Beach exit west and
- continue west about 1 1/2 miles.
-
- The exits are well marked, according to the Center personnel, and signs will
- direct you after you exit either highway to the Fairgrounds.
-
- The following list contains the current needs in rough, priority order:
-
- NO CLOTHING AT THE PRESENT TIME, PLEASE.
-
- Non-perishable food items of all kinds. There is NO refrigeration in most of
- the strike zone. Canned and packeted goods in original containers are welcome.
-
- Baby food and formulas of all kinds and plastic baby bottles, inserts and
- nipples.
-
- Bottled water in factory sealed bottles [NO volunteer filled bottles, please]
- of gallon or larger sizes. Cases of water very desirable.
-
- Disposable diapers and baby cleansing cloths; baby powder; baby ointment.
-
- Insect repellents and sun screens including those for sensitive skin.
-
- NON-PRESCRIPTION, OTC [over-the-counter] medications of non-perishable type
- such as aspirin, acetaminophen [Tylenol, Panadol, etc.], ibuprofen
- [Midol,Bayer IB, etc.] in tablets and liquids for children; cold and cough
- medicines;allergy medicines; basic first-aid supplies such as bandages,
- dressings,antibacterial ointments, band-aids, rolled gauze, elastic bandages
- [ACE, etc.],rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and cotton swabs. NO
- prescription or perishable meds, please.
-
- Personal and feminine hygiene products such as: toilet paper, personal
- cleansing towels [Softkins, Baby wipes, WetNaps, etc.]; tampons, sanitary
- napkins; toothbrushes and toothpaste; disposable razors; anti-perspirants and
- deodorants; bleach.; tissues and paper towels.
-
- Equipment and supplies: NON-electric can openers; generators up to 300KW
- [kilowatts]; propane for forklifts and tractors at the Relief Center and down
- south; batteries and flashlights; chainsaws; shovels, rakes, picks; plastic
- tarps or large sheets of plastic.
-
- These are just the main things, if you can think of other things of use, call
- the Relief Center and see if they are needed or wanted. They need to keep
- their space available for the priority items.
-
- The Relief Center is OPEN every day, 24 hours a day. All convoys from FLorida
- and the rest of the U.S. and the world should head for West Palm Beach and
- avoid direct importation of goods into the south Florida area. There are
- security and logistical problems down there right now that are only compounded
- by all the extra traffic. PLEASE take your donations to the FLorida Relief
- Center!
-
- Thanks, for all the survivors!
-
- PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO ALL DATALINK SERVICES EVERYWHERE!!
-
- If you have Internet access or pay-service access, please post it there.
-
- It has been distributed to the following FidoNet Echomail conferences:
-
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-
- OtherNets are encouraged to copy and distribute it as well.
-
- This message has been sent as an article to FidoNews for publication next
- week. All others are encouraged to copy and send it to any online publication
- for immediate dissemination.
-
- Thanks again.
-
- TTFN.
- Chris
- FidoNet 1:374/14, Titusville_FL_USA
- [former member of Miami Net 1:135]
-
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