New Orleans Aid: Grassroots

I'm going to begin to use this blog as a diving board into pools where there is need. I know a lot of us are wondering if we can trust where our money and aid are going, so I think for me the best thing to do is to post here how you can help real individuals. Of course here I'm only thinking of my friends and family/families of friends--in other words my extended circle. So any concrete way I know that I can help or you can help, I will post here.

So far, my friend Tanner has his two dogs with him in a motel in Houston and he's running out of cash. Tanner volunteered with the Red Cross for a few weeks after September 11 here in New York. I think he's got some karma coming. I don't know what else he needs just yet, but I've donated some money to his PayPal account, which is an extremely easy process: You just enter the recipient's email if you already have a PayPal account. If you want to help Tanner and his dogs, here's his info:

Go to: www.paypal.com
Make a payment to: tannerno@aol.com


My friend Nina is looking for a job in San Diego. Do you have any info or any leads? She can do just about anything: service: coffee/restaurant/bar, administrative, archiving--you name it! Resourceful and bubbly and looking for employment in her new place of residence. She and her boyfriend Evan just discovered that they've lost everything; their home was flooded. So anything you can think of for setting up life/house. Post here and I'll forward to her.

My friend Melissa is in Florida with her family. Baby James, husband Patrick, mom, dad, sister and her family. They've rented a condo for a month until things get figured out. I'm not fully updated on everything going on, but as soon as I figure out what they need, I'll post. If you have any ideas, please post.

So far, that's it, but if you have any info you'd like disseminated, let me know and I'll post. Also if you know of any volunteer opportunities for rebuilding our great city, let me/us know.

Yours in eternal love for New Orleans,
Candy Sue