If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by Tia Mary on September 3, 2005, 4:49 pm
anne wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> How about wet wipes for times when a tap might not be available and maybe
> something 'frivilous' like gum or hard candy? Zip lock baggies would be more
> portable than a grocery bag to hold the items
>
At this point, the people collecting the stuff are just worried about
**toiletries** -- having the bare necessities for the arriving evacuees.
I am pretty sure the people will be sent to one of the large
"convention center" buildings and there will be -- hopefully -- adequate
water and rest room facilities for washing up. In an ideal situation
we could provide them all sorts of extras right off the bat but this is
show/hide quoted text
certainly NOT an ideal situation. CiaoMeow >^;;^<
--
show/hide quoted text
PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
|
|
Posted by Jenn L on September 3, 2005, 8:42 pm
Tia Mary wrote:
show/hide quoted text
> anne wrote:
>
>> How about wet wipes for times when a tap might not be available and
>> maybe something 'frivilous' like gum or hard candy? Zip lock baggies
>> would be more portable than a grocery bag to hold the items
> At this point, the people collecting the stuff are just worried about
> **toiletries** -- having the bare necessities for the arriving evacuees.
> I am pretty sure the people will be sent to one of the large
> "convention center" buildings and there will be -- hopefully -- adequate
> water and rest room facilities for washing up. In an ideal situation
> we could provide them all sorts of extras right off the bat but this is
> certainly NOT an ideal situation. CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>
I've just packed a box full of tothpaste and brushes, deodorant, razors
and soaps. Not much compared to the sheer number of people displaced,
but it's what I could afford to spend today on supplies to send there.
Next week I'm sure I'll be shipping out yet another box... and again and
again.
I truly wish I could do more. I even (briefly) entertained the idea of
taking in an orphan, but I quickly realized just how logistically
impossible that would be with my own life situation coupled with the
stress and trauma a child coming from the Gulf states would be going
through. When I mentioned it to my boss, he told me that "G-d blesses
you a thousand times for even considering it, so many more wouldn't have
bothered".
--
Jenn L.
www.needleful-things.com
Current projects:
Home of the Brave (Sally Rung - soldier remembrance project)
Autumn Sampler (Nathalie Forster/Crazy For Cross Stitch mag)
Nordic Needle Rose (Silver Lining)
Lady of the Flag (Mirabilia) Starry Night (Van Gogh)
|
|
Posted by Ann on September 4, 2005, 4:02 pm
And just as an aside, *candy* is one of the items that is almost never in
short supply at regional food banks.
Ann
http://sheepshots.blogspot.com
show/hide quoted text
> anne wrote:
>> How about something 'frivilous' like gum or hard candy? .
|
|
Posted by Pat P on September 4, 2005, 5:00 pm
show/hide quoted text
> And just as an aside, *candy* is one of the items that is almost never in
> short supply at regional food banks.
> Ann
> http://sheepshots.blogspot.com
Even more reason to donate dental care items! :-)
Pat P
|
|
Posted by Pat P on September 3, 2005, 7:05 pm
show/hide quoted text
> How about wet wipes for times when a tap might not be available and maybe
> something 'frivilous' like gum or hard candy? Zip lock baggies would be
> more
> portable than a grocery bag to hold the items
> --
> another Anne, add ingers to frugalf to reply
GREAT idea, Anne, knowing how essential I find wet wipes (I can`t use soap
and water on my face - ALWAYS use wet-wipes or it dries up too much), and
they make you feel so much cleaner and fresher - whatever part of you you
use them on! (And smooth as a baby`s bottom, as they say)
Pat P
|
Page 2 of 18 < 1 2 3 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Needle Necessities | September 27, 2007, 11:27 pm |
| Needle Necessities | January 8, 2008, 10:52 am |
| Needle Necessities | March 17, 2005, 11:03 am |
| Needle Necessities >>>Threadworx | January 22, 2008, 11:54 am |
| OT: Katrina's OTHER Victims | September 6, 2005, 11:29 pm |
| OT: London victims listing? | July 21, 2005, 2:31 pm |
| OT: "Comfort Kits" for Victims | September 8, 2005, 2:50 pm |
| Checklists for Threadworx and Needle Necessities (with conversion) | February 11, 2008, 6:14 pm |
| Updated Threadworx (formerly Needle Necessities) Thread Checklist | February 24, 2010, 7:37 pm |
| OT Sharm-Ah Sheich /Egyptians and tourists Terror victims | July 23, 2005, 6:29 am |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap
> something 'frivilous' like gum or hard candy? Zip lock baggies would be more
> portable than a grocery bag to hold the items
>