The Neon Nurse's Charting

Today I packed up a paper box (the kind paper for copiers comes in) full of kids' books. It weighed 33 pounds 6.2 oz, and that cost a mere $12.04 to mail Media rate. I will have to use Parcel Post for clothes and stuff, but boxes of those will weigh less than boxes of books, so still not bad. I feel like I can fit a couple boxes a week into my mailing budget, more if sales pick up now that the summer is over.

Here is the company in Corpus Christi that is taking in the goods:

http://www.coffeecup.com/hurricane/

They had this note on the above page:

"We are currently working with the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Salvation Army to distribute what we are collecting. The first delivery trucks will arrive and begin distributing items the morning of Tuesday, September 6th."

There is a little map that shows they are set up to be able to reach a LOT of area where refugees will go.

The other person I mentioned yesterday is already pretty swamped, so for now the Coffeecup folks are who I would send things to.

I am working on another idea, though. I saw that some of the refugees are being sent to other towns like Dallas and (I think) San Antonio. Since one of my brothers lives near Dallas and is also very active in his church, I am going to check with him to see if he wants me to ship him stuff to distribute wherever those folks end up!

So...who do YOU know that lives someplace where they are going to need Stuff?

(Yeah, I know the conventional wisdom is to send money instead of stuff. The displacement of more than a million people with little or no goods to see them through is NOT a conventional disaster. STUFF is needed.)