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I'll be completely honest- this post has nothing to do with WLS. I'm 26 years old and I live in Florida. I've been watching the news coverage on the Oklahoma tornadoes and its truly heartbreaking. I cant even begin to imagine the kind of traffic this website gets, but in the grand scheme of things, every little effort counts. For those of you who have already been sleeved or are thinking about getting sleeved, please consider donating to the red cross. I'm not going to guilt you into donating. I hate it when people do it to me, so why would I do it to you? I was driving to work this morning and I realized a $10 donation to the red cross relief efforts equals a large starbucks coffee (something I am very familiar with), one alcoholic beverage (also something I'm familiar with), OR one Quarter Pounder with cheese. If you think about all the things you buy on any given day, substituting one of those things in order to help the life of another person is priceless. Please text REDCROSS to 90999 in order to donate $10. If you dont have access to a phone or for those of you who don't want to add charges to your monthly phone bill, please visit https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10001.

Ok, I'm done preaching, but if its for a good cause, I'm all about it!

Thank you for reading this. If you decide not to donate, that's okay! Thank you for considering it! If you do donate, WONDERFUL! Thank you on behalf of everyone struggling in Oklahoma.

Happy losing!

(Btw, I have nothing to do with the redcross. I'm just a student in Florida who was incredibly touched and heartbroken)

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Hi Aries,

That was very kind of you to post that thread about donating to OK Tornado victims. If I may add, there are probably lots of local businesses doing things to help the tornado victims in everyone's home town. If you're like me & $10 makes a major dent in the weekly budget...please do something, anything.

I'm an extreme couponer so I have a lot of the stuff they announced on the news that is needed (toothbrushes/paste/mouthwash/ feminine hygiene items/soap/canned food ~ which doesn't need to be cooked to eat~ as well as pet food & all types of baby items, etc...) We have a local furniture store (which is a huge chain here in MI) & they are collecting items at each of their stores, so that's where I'll be donating my goods too. We all gave up drinking soda too & we had about 30 two liter bottles of soda which we will donate, as well as allergy meds & aspirin (I'm totally surprised they'll take meds but none of the packages I have are open of course.)

Point being, there are many diff ways you can donate & if you can't, please pray for these people to be able to find peace & strength in what's happened there.

Sincerely,

Pixie Dust

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Donate your Abercrombie and Fitch.

I'm going to see if the Red Cross is holding any blood drives in my area earmarked for Oklahoma.

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Hi Aries' date='

That was very kind of you to post that thread about donating to OK Tornado victims. If I may add, there are probably lots of local businesses doing things to help the tornado victims in everyone's home town. If you're like me & 10 makes a major dent in the weekly budget...please do something, anything.

I'm an extreme couponer so I have a lot of the stuff they announced on the news that is needed (toothbrushes/paste/mouthwash/ feminine hygiene items/soap/canned food ~ which doesn't need to be cooked to eat~ as well as pet food & all types of baby items, etc...) We have a local furniture store (which is a huge chain here in MI) & they are collecting items at each of their stores, so that's where I'll be donating my goods too. We all gave up drinking soda too & we had about 30 two liter bottles of soda which we will donate, as well as allergy meds & aspirin (I'm totally surprised they'll take meds but none of the packages I have are open of course.)

Point being, there are many diff ways you can donate & if you can't, please pray for these people to be able to find peace & strength in what's happened there.

Sincerely,

Pixie Dust[/quote']

Hey Pixie,

Thanks for your response! Also, thank you for your suggestions! My intention was to urge people to donate whatever they could to the relief efforts. Like you said, clothes, food, toiletries, etc is always welcome I'm sure. Sometimes people are too busy and they don't want to collect things and haul them to the local businesses. Either way, whatever anyone can donate would definitely be appreciated.

Thanks again!

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Donate your Abercrombie and Fitch.

I'm going to see if the Red Cross is holding any blood drives in my area earmarked for Oklahoma.

Awesome idea! Abercrombie and Fitch clothes can definitely come in handy!

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