Love these folks: http://www.facebook.com/Nyc2012MarathonOfRelief
If the city refuses to cancel or postpone the marathon, despite an entire list of reasons why now isnt the time, its up to us to use the marathon as an opportunity to bring much needed relief and continued visibility to various parts of the city. This will take a lot of coordination, but if ever there was a city that could prove to do something creative, compassionate and uniquely amazing its NYC. Lets make this marathon one that is truly inspiring, and one that shows New York how much we care. Heres how NYC Marathon of Relief Efforts (NYC MORE) will work: Runners will show up at the starting line, but will break off en masse at different points of the city to deliver supplies to places hardest hit and without power. This will mean departing from the race, to head to various buildings, running up and down stairs delivering water and canned goods, etc. NYC Non-runners: heres how you can help: If you are planning to watch the marathon this weekend, bring water, cash, canned goods, blankets and/or be ready to donate blood. Heres what I need: - Runners who will commit to this idea, so we can plan meet up locations and times throughout the city. - Volunteer coordinators to meet runners and escort them to various locations throughout the boroughs - Any volunteer organization who needs healthy, able-bodied people to help deliver supplies or meals on Sunday The tentative plan: - Runners will show up to the marathon, as scheduled. Runners who want to help should post the words, IM HERE TO HELP! somewhere on their bodies. Also, you should contact us at NYC MORE 2012, so we can help organize and pair you up with volunteer coordinators. - Volunteer coordinators will be along the route holding HOT PINK HERE TO HELP signs at various runner stop-off locations. - Runners will then travel to various parts of the city to give their time to help the city recover. (Athletes will likely travel to lower Manhattan and various locations in Queens) - Non-runners can also meet up at the HERE TO HELP locations to volunteer their time and effort on Sunday. Any interested Non-runners should also let us know so we can coordinate If you are interested in helping out in anyway to this effort, please contact us at nycmore2...@gmail.com or here at FB. More details will rollout on this page once I begin to get a sense of who wants to help and what areas are looking for assistance on ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357479 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
