It Ain't Over 'Til The Short Lady Pings.
I'm still swamped with work, as there are assignments to be handed in after my final exam, so my semester is not over yet, and my needles and spindle have gone into hiding. I have to compile a freaking rectangle first....
In the meantime, the people devastated by Hurricane Katrina are on my mind. And I'd like to send a message as far and wide as I can:
Compile This Rectangle, Please.
I can honestly say that the average person is doing far, far better to try to help those in need down South than my former government. The Keystone Cops have nothing on U.S. Homeland Security, but there's no humour whatsoever to be seen in the appalling results of this unpreparedness. My old college roommate's family, who lives in the New Orleans area, had the means to get out and/or be safe, watered, and fed: money, transportation, even generators to keep fridges going on higher ground. But there are so many people who had absolutely no way—no money, no strength—to get out (hell, they closed the bus stations before anyone could even try) and some of them are dying, waiting for help. I'm horrified, and I feel helpless to do anything. But there is one small thing I can do. It's called "Give A Little," it was set up by the dynamic duo of knitting blogeuses, Margene and Susan, and here's how you can participate:
Go here and donate (here's that fab rectangle again, in case you missed it the first time):
And then e-mail givealittle AT gmail DOT com to tell Margene and Susan that you've donated.
And there's even more you can do: you can donate prizes to be given in a drawing to knitters who have let the ladies know they donated cash.
At the moment, instead of blasting the men in suits (though I'd like to...), I'd like to applaud these two wonderful women for giving knitters an incentive and a way to help. Please check out the already incredible results of their efforts at the Give A Little web page, and give whatever you can. As of this morning, the total has almost reached $10,000. I'm not kidding. We are a force to be reckoned with.
So, donate your cash, donate your stash, donate a little something you whipped up. Somebody's gotta do it, and the knitting community has rallied to the aid of so many people before. If ever there was a time to pull together and see what we can scare up amongst ourselves, it's now. Let's do it again, and do it up big!
September 2, 2005 11:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (9) | Print