Tag: Disaster Relief
Some Volunteer Appreciation
If you’ve been following the numbers on the blog (off to your right), you’ll see that we’re at about 186 Oregon deployments related to Hurricane Season 2008. Of those, about […]
Hurricane Angel
Wow. I just listened to this song by Ellis Paul. It’s soulful, folk-driven, and pretty intense. I think you’ll recognize from the lyrics that it was written just after Hurricane […]
Game Day #1: Yankees Follow The Celtic’s Lead
[Sometimes a theme emerges without us even trying. Today’s theme is “Game Day.” This is the first of three – maybe more – posts.] First football, then basketball, now baseball. […]
Gaming For A Good Cause
Guys: If you’re anything like the bulk of my male friends, you love gaming. And by “gaming,” I don’t mean Scrabble…I mean sitting around playing World of Warcraft for hours […]
Who wants to make these for me?…Please?
Last week we brought you a rad hurricane t-shirt, but you know what? It’s starting to get a bit too chilly for t-shirts (at least without a jacket). So it’s […]
NBA Gives NFL Some Competition
Remember how I said that I like basketball more than football? Well, it was only a matter of time before the NBA (or at least one NBA team) stepped up […]
Some Heavy Weekend Reading
If you’re interested in doing some reading over the weekend, you might take home this new report, released yesterday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The report focuses on whether […]
Another Mapstravaganza. Thanks, Google!
Google rocks! They made an interactive map of all the shelters on the gulf coast. You can click on the icons for details about each shelter. And speaking of maps […]
Hurricanes Are Haters
Not too long ago, reader Pap commented that the Red Cross needs some cooler t-shirts. I pointed him in the direction of the American Red Cross Loves Threadless competition (you […]
How We Spend Your Money
So you’ve been thinking about giving to the Disaster Relief Fund in advance of Hurricane Ike. But aside from wanting to know where your money goes, you want to know […]