------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Team Mates This is a call to action, one of our own has lost all. Please read the below and if you can contribute PM me for the address to send whatever you can give, they need everything. Chuck came through BUD/S class 114 and wrote the book "Warrior Soul". RDR :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::: I have a direct action request, and I wonder if you'd pass it along. My family's home town is (was) Biloxi. We've lost three houses and all possessions, but thankfully, we're all fine. If you could pass this email along to the frog family, I'd appreciate it. It's a chance to contribute DIRECTLY to three refugee families. Friends are the riches of the world. Thanks, Chuck Pfarrer. ================================================== ============================== Friends- Thank you so much for the outpouring of support and the kind offers of help since Katrina destroyed our three family homes in and around Biloxi. I can update the situation a little now. The flooding of New Orleans has been getting the lion's share of the publicity and the relief efforts, but the damage is much wider. In Mississippi the cities of Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs and Pascagoula are destroyed. Totally destroyed. The damage is worse than Camille (1969) which was previously regarded as the first "super hurricane" of the 20th century. Katrina was no lady. The Gulf Coast of Mississippi is a wasteland of debris and tragedy. I can tell you with great thankfulness that we lost no one in the family. Others were not so lucky-- several of our neighbors in Langley Point and Pass Christian tried to shelter in place and were killed. The family rode out the landfall 15 miles north of I-10 in the home of a friend. The home was in the lee of a small ridge in the pine woods. This little bit of shelter certainly saved them. There was some damage to that house as well, but the structure held. All came through. Pat and Joni, Sean and Babs, Katie and James lost their houses and all their possessions. Mom and Dad's and Sean's homes were destroyed down to the foundations on Langley Point in Biloxi. Katie and James' place in Pass Christian was also a total loss. The families got out with little more than the clothing on their backs. Brother Sean is an officer serving on a research ship of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA); his ship was docked in Pascagoula. Following the storm, our family was able to get to the ship and get out the message that they'd survived. The ship was an oaisis for them--- it was the only place for a hundred miles with water and electricity. All have now evacuated to Dallas and are staying with my sister Colleen. Six adults and six kids-hard to believe it, but our families join more than 250,000 refugees in the Dallas area alone. Many hundreds of thousands more people were made homeless. Needless to say, all of our families are starting over, from scratch. Pat said to Joni, that after 49 years of marriage she's starting out as a June Bride. I am writing to you to ask for donations of household effects and clothing. Look around in your attic and closets and see if you have some "extra stuff" there is nothing too trivial-everything is needed. Plates, cups, glasess, silverware, toasters, pots and pans, utensils, sheets, blankets, towels, coat hangers -you name it. Got extras? We need 'em. Second hand clothing is also needed. Anything that doesn't fit us will be passed along to other needy families. The kids are 1 boy, aged 11, 1 girl age 9, 1 girl age 4, 1 boy aged 6, and 1 boy aged 3. You name it. Shoes, socks, shorts, pants and dresses, winter coats to t-shirts--- we need it all. Box up your stuff and send it to: Pfarrer Family Thank you so much. I promise, the time you spend looking in closets will be greatly appreciated by us. Again, no item is too "odd"-- we've lost three households worth of stuff. Friends are the riches of the world. Thank you for helping us. FITH! Chuck I have an address to send items...PM if you can help Dave /fish78
Fish Is this legit? I know there are dozens of scam's out there but trying a SEAL scam would be pretty balzy. If it is Legit best of luck. do you know this guy personally?
Yes, Legit I am well acquainted with the originator of the e-mail...He keeps the SEAL archives...and yes, Chuck is the real deal.
i don't read the whole thing; just what he needs... What's the SEAL part...? The guy's a NAVY SEAL...? i can send some stuff... Can you PM me the address...? Or email me, [email protected]...?
Carbon, I bet if you call the nearest community recreation center to you, you will find that there are evacuees in your town right now. It appears that the people in the email are in the Dallas area. It might be more convenient (and quicker) for you to get anything you want to donate to the places in your city where there are people living on cots in gymnasiums. The majority have come to TX but the evacuees are spread out across the south, and beyond.
Thanks, Dave... i hadn't thought about that or the fact that evacuees would be sent this far... Good point...
Fish, Can you PM me the address? I will ask the folks at my work to bring in what they can and I will get some stuff together myself and I can send it down there next week, if that will work. Cheers, Mike
Am I the only one who thoght of Seal the musician and said, FINE, since I'm in a charitable mood, I'll take that tired old Klum off of your hands? --Dan
BUMP. Come on guys - donating money to the red cross is one thing, but helping this guy requires nothing more than just finding stuff you have but don't need and sending it to him. I told my mom and she is asking all the workers at her bank, and I have asked my father who is asking the people at his company, and myself and my brother and parents are getting together stuff we don't use and it's headed down to these folks. Come on people - it requires no money, just time and you can get rid of stuff you don't even use or need anyway. Its a win win. This family has SIX children who probably dont understand whats going on and would surely apprecaite the help. Furthermore, this guy is a SEAL and has undoubtedly put in his time and contributed WAY more than his fair share to this country. Lets help this guy out. I have several boxes of stuff headed his way this week. Who else is going to man up and help this guy out? Think how happy those kids are gonna be when they pull some toys outta that box? I am sending my old playstation and games I dont use, bunch of clothes I dont use, some sets of plates I dont use, and I am gonna go get a few things at Toys-r-us for the kids. Help the guy out - its good for your soul.
PM me this dude's address. I have a buncha clothes and shoes and stuff that might brighten some kid's day.
