Food Not Bombs Needs Help Feeding The Victims of Katrina

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Food Not Bombs Needs Help Feeding The Victims of Katrina

 

Food Not Bombs groups all across the southern United States are feeding

families displaced by Katrina. We need clothes, food, cooks cooking

equipment, and money to provide for thousands of hungry homeless

people.

 

People all over America have been calling Food Not Bombs asking what

they can do to help the people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina. Food

Not Bombs has started organizing buses, vans and truckloads of food,

kitchen equipment and clothing to the people fleeing the disaster. It's

a real honor that so many people are looking to Food Not Bombs to help.

So far we have busloads of material support and volunteers from Los

Angeles, Minneapolis, Dayton, Hartford, Tucson, and Saint Petersburg.

Volunteers from the west are meeting in Houston and people from the

east

are meeting in Baton Rouge. The first Food Not Bombs kitchen is outside

the Houston Convention Center. The Baton Rouge kitchen will be set up

shortly. Please let us know if you can help.

 

Because this disaster may last 6 months to a year or more we intend to

set up Food Not Bombs field kitchens throughout the region. Food Not

Bombs is encouraging the refugees to participate in cooking, serving

and

collecting the food. Their participation may be one of the most

therapeutic things we can provide. It is possible that as many as a

million people will be homeless for the next 6 months as a result of

this disaster.

 

In a few weeks many of these people will be considered regular members

of America's homeless population. In 1989, Food Not Bombs fed the

people

made homeless by the earthquake and after a few weeks the working class

victims were forgotten and faced the same problems as those who were

homeless before the earthquake. Because this could be such a long

crisis

it may be better for us to teach people how to organize their own local

Food Not Bombs group so they can provide long-term support.

 

There are some things you can do that can help us respond effectively

to

this disaster.

 

 

1. Organize a meeting this week - calling, emailing and posting flyers

about the need for people to help and the day, time and location of the

meeting.

 

2. At the meeting organize groups to call for food donations, another

group to call for propane stoves, tanks of gas, tables and cooking

equipment. Ask another group to get more volunteers.

 

3. Choose a time date and location of where your vehicles will gather

to take the trip to the disaster area.

 

4. Organize a Food Not Bombs Katrina relief Concert in your town. We

will need money for supplies for the next half a year but please try to

organize concerts as fast as you can.

 

5. Stay in touch by emailing Katrina or calling

1-800-884-1136.

 

The Houston Kitchen can be called at 713-802-9642

 

Help feed the victims of Katrina, Please donate here!

http://www.foodnotbombs.net/dollar_for_peace.html

 

A FOOD NOT BOMBS MENU

PO Box 744, Tucson, AZ 85702-0744 - U$A

1-800-884-1136

http://www.foodnotbombs.net

 

 

 

War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

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It's good that some groups are helping, and doing well.

 

Jo

 

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Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:35 PM

Food Not Bombs Needs Help Feeding The Victims of

Katrina

 

 

> Food Not Bombs Needs Help Feeding The Victims of Katrina

>

> Food Not Bombs groups all across the southern United States are feeding

> families displaced by Katrina. We need clothes, food, cooks cooking

> equipment, and money to provide for thousands of hungry homeless

> people.

>

> People all over America have been calling Food Not Bombs asking what

> they can do to help the people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina. Food

> Not Bombs has started organizing buses, vans and truckloads of food,

> kitchen equipment and clothing to the people fleeing the disaster. It's

> a real honor that so many people are looking to Food Not Bombs to help.

> So far we have busloads of material support and volunteers from Los

> Angeles, Minneapolis, Dayton, Hartford, Tucson, and Saint Petersburg.

> Volunteers from the west are meeting in Houston and people from the

> east

> are meeting in Baton Rouge. The first Food Not Bombs kitchen is outside

> the Houston Convention Center. The Baton Rouge kitchen will be set up

> shortly. Please let us know if you can help.

>

> Because this disaster may last 6 months to a year or more we intend to

> set up Food Not Bombs field kitchens throughout the region. Food Not

> Bombs is encouraging the refugees to participate in cooking, serving

> and

> collecting the food. Their participation may be one of the most

> therapeutic things we can provide. It is possible that as many as a

> million people will be homeless for the next 6 months as a result of

> this disaster.

>

> In a few weeks many of these people will be considered regular members

> of America's homeless population. In 1989, Food Not Bombs fed the

> people

> made homeless by the earthquake and after a few weeks the working class

> victims were forgotten and faced the same problems as those who were

> homeless before the earthquake. Because this could be such a long

> crisis

> it may be better for us to teach people how to organize their own local

> Food Not Bombs group so they can provide long-term support.

>

> There are some things you can do that can help us respond effectively

> to

> this disaster.

>

>

> 1. Organize a meeting this week - calling, emailing and posting flyers

> about the need for people to help and the day, time and location of the

> meeting.

>

> 2. At the meeting organize groups to call for food donations, another

> group to call for propane stoves, tanks of gas, tables and cooking

> equipment. Ask another group to get more volunteers.

>

> 3. Choose a time date and location of where your vehicles will gather

> to take the trip to the disaster area.

>

> 4. Organize a Food Not Bombs Katrina relief Concert in your town. We

> will need money for supplies for the next half a year but please try to

> organize concerts as fast as you can.

>

> 5. Stay in touch by emailing Katrina or calling

> 1-800-884-1136.

>

> The Houston Kitchen can be called at 713-802-9642

>

> Help feed the victims of Katrina, Please donate here!

> http://www.foodnotbombs.net/dollar_for_peace.html

>

> A FOOD NOT BOMBS MENU

> PO Box 744, Tucson, AZ 85702-0744 - U$A

> 1-800-884-1136

> http://www.foodnotbombs.net

>

>

>

> War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

>

>

>

>

> To send an email to -

>