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Dee, I went to the website, but could find no way to make donation.Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dolores Buente" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 1:12 PM Subject: A message to the Parkinson's community re: Hurricane relief > Dear List members, > > I have just gotten off the phone with my niece who's 24 year old daughter > is > one of the many New Orleans storm victims who have become displaced, lost > most of their worldly possessions and are struggling to regain a semblance > of > order to their lives. > > She is a residential counselor with an organization called "Boy's Hope, > Girl's Hope" who are headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri. They are a > privately > funded, non-profit, multi-denominational organization that provides > at-risk > children with a stable home, positive parenting, high quality education, > and > the support needed to reach their full potential. Many of their children > come > from home environments marked by drug abuse, poverty or neglect. Others > come from caring families unable to meet the child's needs. > > My niece, Danielle and her group of young girls were able to evacuate New > Orleans just prior to Katrina's landfall. They first went to Baton Rouge > and > now, are in Natchez, Mississippi. They now have a place to sleep, food & > water. They were able to access enough funds to purchase a change of > clothes > from a local Goodwill store yesterday. Some of the young girls do not > know the > whereabouts of some of their family members. One of the children's > mothers is > missing and may have been lost in the flood. I say all of this because I > know that there is help needed. The organization's website is > http://www.boyshopegirlshope.org/ . I hope that if you are planning to > make a donation for > hurricane disaster relief, that you visit their web-site, read the details > and > mission of their program and contribute what you can to their > efforts....These children's lives have been torn and buffeted about since > some of them > were born to this earth....and now Katrina! > > Dee > > She is a > residential counselor with an organization called "Boy's HoHopGirl'sHope" > headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn