These are all wonderful gestures; I love when we can put politics aside for now and I am happy to contribute to such funds.
** BTW, Abe Allen, another MoPo member, is donating $1300 (a percentage of proceeds garnered from eBay sales this past week) to the Salvation Army. A great group this is... -d. ----Original Message Follows---- From: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: MOPO Fund -- personal pool for our friends Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 01:58:30 -0500 I know we've all been giving this past week, but reading Sue's message you can't help but realize that things are even worse than we realize and that this is an extraordinary situation -- and that it will continue for some time. There are also other members of MOPO in the affected area. We've heard just a bit from Joe Bonelli who is still unable to get back to his home. We haven't yet heard from Fred Sliman. I think there are at least one or two others in the area whose names don't come to mind at this moment. Anyway, I've just done something I've never done before. I've set up a fund pool to benefit any member of MOPO who is affected by this. Any donations will be pooled and distributed evenly every Monday to any exisitng member of MOPO whom we can identify as affected. This way even a small donation of $10 bucks that you might feel uncomfortable sending to an individual can be pooled into a sizeable amount and given, in effect, "anonymously" -- or rather, be given "from all of your friends at MOPO". To expedite matters and keep good records, the fund will take only PayPal donations using this email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The needs and the stress from this unprecedented event will be affecting our friends for quite a while. I think this could be a small help and comfort that virtually all of us can afford to extend. After all, 400 plus donations at even $10.00 each is over $4,000.00. -- JR Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.