From: Charlene@f138.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Charlene)
Subject: Florida Hurricane Relief Effort - Help, please?
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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 04:29:42 GMT


09/02/92 12:14:40
From: CHARLENE MANN
  To: ALL
Subj: FLORIDA HURRICANE RELIEF INFO

 * Forwarded from "Net Florida Sysops"
 * Originally by Christopher Baker
 * Originally to All
 * Originally dated 31 Aug 1992, 2:24
 * Submitted to THE BIONIC DOG
   and the Electronic Freedom Foundation
   for Usenet distribution 9/6/92
   by Charlene Mann


Governor Lawton Chiles announced today a toll-free number for coordination of
hurricane relief to southern Florida residents and agencies.

1-800-FL-HELP-1 (1-800-354-3571) is the centralized number for
information,pledges, and coordination of delivery of goods at the FLorida
Relief Center. It will be manned 24 hours a day.

The Florida Relief Fund has been establish for collecting money to be used in
South Florida and they even have provisions for credit card donations to the
disaster relief. Donations of money by check or money order will also be
welcome. Make your check or money order out to: FLorida Relief Fund. Send it
to:

FLorida Relief Fund P.O. Box 7000
Tallahassee, FLorida 32314 U.S.A.

Credit card donations may be called into the FLorida Relief Center on either
MasterCard or Visa [no, they don't take American Express].

A staging area for the delivery of goods has been set up in Palm Beach County
to preclude the direct transportation from everywhere that is seriously
clogging the passable roads into south Dade County. Items received will be
warehoused and transported as needed into the storm strike zone.

Anyone with goods for the relief effort are requested to take them to the
South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach or to send them there by whatever
shipping means available to them.

I have just spoken to the Relief Center and here's the direct scoop and
particulars:

Florida Relief Center
South Florida Fairgrounds
9067 Southern Blvd
West Palm Beach, FLorida 33411 U.S.A.
24 hours telephone - 1-800-354-3571.

The Fairgrounds are accessible from either I-95 or the Florida Turnpike. From
I-95, take the Southern Blvd exit west and continue west for about 10 miles.
From the Florida Turnpike, take the Okeechobee/West Palm Beach exit west and
continue west about 1 1/2 miles.

The exits are well marked, according to the Center personnel, and signs will
direct you after you exit either highway to the Fairgrounds.

The following list contains the current needs in rough, priority order:

NO CLOTHING AT THE PRESENT TIME, PLEASE.

Non-perishable food items of all kinds. There is NO refrigeration in most of
the strike zone. Canned and packeted goods in original containers are welcome.

Baby food and formulas of all kinds and plastic baby bottles, inserts and
nipples.

Bottled water in factory sealed bottles [NO volunteer filled bottles, please]
of gallon or larger sizes. Cases of water very desirable.

Disposable diapers and baby cleansing cloths; baby powder; baby ointment.

Insect repellents and sun screens including those for sensitive skin.

NON-PRESCRIPTION, OTC [over-the-counter] medications of non-perishable type
such as aspirin, acetaminophen [Tylenol, Panadol, etc.], ibuprofen
[Midol,Bayer IB, etc.] in tablets and liquids for children; cold and cough
medicines;allergy medicines; basic first-aid supplies such as bandages,
dressings,antibacterial ointments, band-aids, rolled gauze, elastic bandages
[ACE, etc.],rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and cotton swabs. NO
prescription or perishable meds, please.

Personal and feminine hygiene products such as: toilet paper, personal
cleansing towels [Softkins, Baby wipes, WetNaps, etc.]; tampons, sanitary
napkins; toothbrushes and toothpaste; disposable razors; anti-perspirants and
deodorants; bleach.; tissues and paper towels.

Equipment and supplies: NON-electric can openers; generators up to 300KW
[kilowatts]; propane for forklifts and tractors at the Relief Center and down
south; batteries and flashlights; chainsaws; shovels, rakes, picks; plastic
tarps or large sheets of plastic.

These are just the main things, if you can think of other things of use, call
the Relief Center and see if they are needed or wanted. They need to keep
their space available for the priority items.

The Relief Center is OPEN every day, 24 hours a day. All convoys from FLorida
and the rest of the U.S. and the world should head for West Palm Beach and
avoid direct importation of goods into the south Florida area. There are
security and logistical problems down there right now that are only compounded
by all the extra traffic. PLEASE take your donations to the FLorida Relief
Center!

Thanks, for all the survivors!

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for immediate dissemination.

Thanks again.

TTFN.
Chris
FidoNet 1:374/14, Titusville_FL_USA
[former member of Miami Net 1:135]


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