To All,
We really need help getting the word out about our need for assistance with shipping.
Please pass on to all of your distributions.
If you have a contact in the media please give them a call. (Oprah Ellen etc)
If you know an elected official please contact them.
If you have friends in the shipping industry have them give us a call.
Donations can be made through Facebook at 100,000 T-Shirts for Haiti http://apps.facebook.com/causes/435485/38137363 or Through the Network for Good https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=200404386 or By check made payable to Where to Turn 150-L Greaves Lane # 312 Staten Island NY 10308 Please note Haiti T Shirts in memo section All donations are 100% tax deductible.
To date we have collected 81,375 shirts
We need help with pickups from the following locations
ON ISLAND
PS 16 80 Monroe Ave (100 shirts)
OFF ISLAND
2 Hudson Place Hoboken NJ (700 shirts)
St. Theresa's Church 2855 St. Theresa Ave Bronx NY 10461 (500 shirts)
787 7th Ave NYC 10019 (300 shirts)
Baruch College Performing Arts Box Office 25th and Lexington Ave (3,000 shirts)
We have no success with our outreach to any charities or businesses so we will have to do this on our own
We got another e-mail from the Red Cross
The best advice I can give you is to ask airlines for free or discounted space. They are opening up again for Haiti. Or, you could run them to Miami – there is a lot of ocean transport available from there. The American Red Cross is not able to assist with funding.
I guess they really want to let us know that they are not interested.
All we are asking is that they include our supplies with one of their shipments. So I really do not understand the response.
We will be brainstorming this week about a possible fundraiser your input would be appreciated.
We still need another 10,000 shirts but are looking for a few big pickups.
We ask everyone to check with their businesses, schools or organizations about leftover shirts from old events.
I once again like to that everyone who has contributed so far.
To date we have collected $2,830.
We are also going to make up labels that say from your friends at _________. We will then print all of the various schools organizations etc who have participated.
Keep up the good work.
Dennis
100,000 T Shirts for Haiti
http://www.where-to-turn.org/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=89
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
IT BEGINS ALL OVER AGAIN
Eight and a half years later and they are still finding potential remains at Ground Zero.
While we are glad that remains are being found we are once again reminded how poorly the recovery process has been handled.
These remains were from the Haul Road or the area that included hot spots.
Witnesses have stated that the Haul Road itself was constructed by unsifted debris from the pit itself.
This contention was supported when steel beams were found when the road was dismantled.
Although there was a very good chance that remains would be found in this material, the city let it sit unattended for over a year.
Delaying the process that started over eight years ago another 18 months.
Now family members will have to go through the ordeal yet again.
From day one the city has handled the recovery effort as a “when we get around to it” effort.
They have spent millions on a contract to a company with a questionable past that was supposed to produce a significant amount of identifications but have produced few.
They have refused to expand the search of the roofs of surrounding buildings and flat out refuse to resift the remains buried at Fresh Kills.
The recovery effort was forced to close to expedite the rebuilding at the site.
Well we all know how swiftly that has progressed.
Unfortunately at this rate they will still be finding remains as people are going into the Memorial.
One only has to refer to the way the Deutsche bank was handled to get an idea as to how the recovery effort was as well.
While we hope that some of these new remains actually lead an identification our hearts go out to the families that are continuously put through this ordeal.
While we are glad that remains are being found we are once again reminded how poorly the recovery process has been handled.
These remains were from the Haul Road or the area that included hot spots.
Witnesses have stated that the Haul Road itself was constructed by unsifted debris from the pit itself.
This contention was supported when steel beams were found when the road was dismantled.
Although there was a very good chance that remains would be found in this material, the city let it sit unattended for over a year.
Delaying the process that started over eight years ago another 18 months.
Now family members will have to go through the ordeal yet again.
From day one the city has handled the recovery effort as a “when we get around to it” effort.
They have spent millions on a contract to a company with a questionable past that was supposed to produce a significant amount of identifications but have produced few.
They have refused to expand the search of the roofs of surrounding buildings and flat out refuse to resift the remains buried at Fresh Kills.
The recovery effort was forced to close to expedite the rebuilding at the site.
Well we all know how swiftly that has progressed.
Unfortunately at this rate they will still be finding remains as people are going into the Memorial.
One only has to refer to the way the Deutsche bank was handled to get an idea as to how the recovery effort was as well.
While we hope that some of these new remains actually lead an identification our hearts go out to the families that are continuously put through this ordeal.
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