Published:
08/22/2011 04:48pm
Joy For Joplin
It all started with yet another disaster. “An act of God” as the insurance companies determine natural tragedies, but true life devastation for the human survivors. Joplin, Missouri, May 22, a bit later than 5 pm, a roaring, rushing, rabid tornado surged through the city, leaving rubble in its wake.
Since the terrorist attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania in 2001, Be the Star You Are!® has always quietly responded with Operation Disaster Relief. It began on 9/11 with Operation Ground Hero when volunteers across the nation helped collect and distribute 57 pallets of books, CD’s, videos, games and more to the families of the victims, continued with Operation Hurricane Relief (for Katrina and Rita), Operation Fire Relief (major Southern California Fires), and now Operation Tornado Relief.
We have packed, logged, shipped, and coordinated distributions for tsunamis, volcanoes, explosions, and earthquakes affording the survivors a glimpse of relief, entertainment, and offering the hope for rebirth.
As of today, Operation Tornado Disaster Reliefhas shipped $47,000 worth of resources to the schools and clinics destroyed in Joplin’s tornadoes. We will continue to help until all the children have a new book and the hospitals have healed patients with optimism.
Please help us help them by making a financial donation so that we can ship books. Read the article written by volunteer Kyla Christie and published this week in The Lamorinda Weekly. Our gratitude to all the authors, publishers, and individuals who have stepped up to the plate to assist. My personal thanks to our team of dedicated teen volunteers who continue to astound me with their diligence, compassion, and willingness to do whatever it takes to make life better for others. Teens rock!!!
Enjoy the final days of vacation and please do make a donation. Every dollar goes to the cause. You can send a check to PO Box 376, Moraga, Ca. 94556, pay via PAYPAL, or call us with a credit card number. We make it easy and it’s TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
Click your heels, bring joy to Joplin, because, Dorothy, we’re not in Kansas anymore.
Blessings to you all,
Cynthia Brian
Executive Director
Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3
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