[Peace-discuss] let's fill this truck! food for Mississippi

[Karen Medina]

Let's fill up this truck!

Sandra, What do you need the most? Canned vegetables? Non-
perishables? Does that area of Mississippi have electricty or 
cooking facilities? Do you need can openers? Old camp stoves?

Anybody have connections with a local grocery store here? 
Donations or discounts on the needed items would be most 
helpful.  

Other groups are sending stuff to other parts of the Gulf 
Coast, but this group is going to a part that isn't receiving 
much attention. They need our help.

Sandra, tell us a little more about who is organizing this 
trip. I heard a rumor that the black churches in town are 
backing it with some of the gas money, is this true? But the 
trip is 900 miles, and the truck only gets 5 miles to the 
gallon of diesel. The driver is volunteering the truck and 
his time (both extremely valuable). 

Let us get this truck loaded and on its way. People are 
suffering.

-karen medina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:39:13 +0000
>From: "Sandra Ahten" <spiritofsandra at hotmail.com>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] food for Mississippi  
>To: imc at ucimc.org, peace-discuss at chambana.net, 
peace at chambana.net, art-happenings at lists.chambana.net
>
>Friends,
>Sorry for the off topic post. There is a 53" truck 1/2 
loaded with food 
>items and necessities that is bound for Mississippi this 
week. It is in the 
>parking lot of the old Kay's Merchandise store, now the 
Employment Center on 
>Mattis just south of Bradley. The area it is headed to still 
has not had 
>FEMA support. ALL food to this area is arriving by truck. It 
is not a matter 
>of people not being able to afford buying food.THere is no 
food to buy! The 
>woman who is helping organize, who is from MS said her 
husband, who is a 
>mail carrier there, has fellow workers who went three days 
without eating 
>last week.
>
>
>We need to fill this truck. The driver is ready. The gas is 
paid for. Would 
>you please make a monetary donation so that I can go out and 
buy groceries 
>to help fill this truck? I would like to do this Tuesday 
afternoon.
>
>If you can make a donation of $50 or more please email me. 
I'll go ahead and 
>make the buy and you can put the check in the mail to me.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Sandra Ahten
>
>
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