aftermath
while i don't personally know anyone who was affected by hurricane katrina, i do feel the weight of the disaster. everyday since last monday, i look at the paper or the news, and kind of lose it. i'm trying not to do it in public.at this point i don't think there is anyone sitting on the proverbial "sidelines." but the nature of helping in this country has changed. we're urged not to give anything but money, and many of us are too far away to donate our labor. In an economy where the finances of many households are already stretched thin, with one of the leading causes of bankruptcy for families in the US being medical bills, i think it places an extra burdon of guilt and despair upon those who really have no money to spare, even for those whose situations may be more dire, but could dontate a meal, or spare clothing, but the situation does not allow for this.
one of the more creative donation projects is project backpack. not a non-profit, but simply an organized effort of the part of concerned individuals.
on a different note, it's always interesting, especially in this emerging culture of life, to get a glimpse of just how out of touch some influential individuals in the upper echelons of society regard many of the victims of katrina. despite losing family, friends, pets, home, and possessions Barbara Bush in reference to new residents of the Astrodome, feels that,
"... so many of the people in the arena here, you
know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she
chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."
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