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Work in Progress

 

San Ramon

September 5, 2005

 

Our Arkansas center was one among the first to swing into action

helping hundreds of victims from Louisiana since the tragedy on

August 29.

 

The Dallas satsang (& affiliate center) has donated a truck load of

food and clothing to the hurricane survivors.

 

A team of qualified Californians from M. A. Center that directly

helped in tsunami relief work in India are leaving for Houston

on Sep. 9 to help with the local relief efforts in Houston.

 

For those that would like to offer their services, we plan to match

your expertise with a relief site as we organize the needs of the

shelters in Houston and Arkansas in the next several weeks. We will

also try our best to find a donor for your travel ticket fare. Please

e-mail to: Gopal Ayyar (gopal2401) with your name, contact

information, how long/when you could potentially travel to Houston,

and how you can help if you would like to offer services rather than

funds. Everything is helpful. We will only request help from those

whose stated abilities match what the shelters are asking us to

provide, so not everyone may be needed to go.

 

Donations for food, clothing and medical supplies will be needed. The

exact requirements will be posted soon.

 

We are grateful to a very generous volunteer who has offered to match

all monetary donations upto $500. So this matching donation can double

your contribution. To donate, please If you would like to

contribute for volunteer travel expenditure, please contact Dr. Asha

Pillai (ammasshree)

 

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