-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justice For All Moderator Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help the CILs in Hurricane path
Help the CILs in Hurricane path Dear IL Colleague, As you may know, the Centers for Independent Living in Biloxi, Mississippi and New Orleans have been gravely affected by the hurricane. In fact the Biloxi, MS center was totally destroyed. Many of you are asking how you can help. Here is what we have learned from colleagues in those states. Sending money is the first priority. Sending supplies to those centers is helpful too but NOT RIGHT NOW, because they can't get through the water. Here are the suggested options for right now: 1) Send a check or credit card payment to the Red Cross and designate it for Hurricane Relief, or designate it for people with disabilities in the Biloxi/Hattiesburg or New Orleans areas. 2) If you want to send money for the CILs that are dealing with this disaster directly, here are your options: For the Biloxi Center, mail the check (payable to LIFE of Central MS and designated for the Biloxi Center) to: LIFE of Central Mississippi 754 North President Street, Suite 1 Jackson, MS 39202 For the centers in Louisiana (make checks payable to Resources for Independent Living - this is a branch of the N.O. center - and designate for the New Orleans center)and mail to: Resources for IL 11931 Industriplex Blvd. Suite 200 Baton Rouge, LA 70809 We have also learned from Mack Marsh of the Shreveport Center that centers in Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles are assisting evacuees. Mack says they would also appreciate supplies if there is any way to get those supplies to the centers. His list includes: manual wheelchairs, hospital beds, adult diapers, bed pads, catheters and other supplies. The address for the Baton Rouge center is shown above, addresses for the Shreveport and Lake Charles centers follow. Southwest LA Independence Center, Inc. Mitch Granger 1202 Kirkman, Suite C Lake Charles, LA 70601 New Horizons, Inc. Jerry Kidwell 9300 Mansfield Road, Suite 204 Shreveport, LA 71118 We will keep you informed of any additional ways that you can help. Feel free to forward this information to other people interested in the needs of people with disabilities affected by this disaster. Dawn Heinsohn IL NET: ILRU/NCIL National Training and Technical Assistance Project ILRU Program 2323 S. Shepherd, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77019 713.520.0232 ext. 130 (v) 713.520.5136 (TTY) 713.520.5785 (fax) Worldwide Web Site: http://www.ilru.org # # # -- DISCLAIMER: The JFA Listserv is designed to share information of interest to people with disabilities and promote dialogue in the disability community. Information circulated does not necessarily express the views of AAPD. The JFA Listserv is non-partisan. JOIN AAPD! There's strength in numbers! Be a part of a national coalition of people with disabilities and join AAPD today. http://www.aapd-dc.org JFA ARCHIVES. All JFA postings from 1995 to present are available at: http://www.aapd-dc.org/JFA/JFAabout.html NOTE: Some Internet Providers (including AOL, Earthlink and Juno) may see JFA postings as spam because of the large volume of JFA mail recipients and fail to deliver the posting. If this happens, the JFA system may automatically unsubscribe some email addresses. Should you stop receiving JFA Alerts, please subscribe to JFA again as per the instructions at http://www.aapd-dc.org/JFA/JFAsubscribing.html You may also need to contact your service provider to find out how to prevent JFA postings from being recognized as spam. PLEASE EMPTY YOUR EMAIL INBOX REGULARLY. JFA automatically deletes subscribers that are over their message quota. How If you stop using an account please unsubscribe that old account. With hundreds of inbound emails and thousands of outbound emails daily, JFA can not respond to every message. We thank you for your understanding and continued outstanding advocacy! Fred Fay, Moderator JUSTICE FOR ALL -- A Service of the American Association of People with Disabilities http://www.aapd-dc.org/JFA/JFAabout.html ===================================================================== Justice-For-All FREE Subscriptions To subscribe or unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with one or the other in the body of your message: subscribe justice unsubscribe justice
