Needs your immediate attention The people at the http://friendsofpineridgereservation.org/projects/Winter_Coats_and_Electric_Heaters.shtml">Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. They're looking for winter coats and space heaters. Please help any way you can.
In addition, everyone's favorite Alaskan blogger Mudflats has some serious and scary news about the tiny community of Emmonak, Alaska here.
Alaska Newspapers, Inc. has been delivering donated supplies with their newspapers to the tiny rural communities in Alaska (like Emmonak), and they provide a link to their shopping list for donations.For more information about Emmonak, please check out:
The Mudflats,
http://divasblueoasis.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=9355C7FA69BC2C072FB445409C53FF5C?diaryId=422">Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis and
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/01/spirit-of-emmonak-burns-brightly-in.html">Progressive Alaska.
Despite all that, Alaska's embarrassment of a governor has
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/19/palin-rejects-stimulus">rejected nearly half of state’s stimulus funds meant for education, health care, and labor.
Does that mean that all of Alaska's problems are fixed?
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Does anyone have any links or information about how to help out? Does anyone know what is needed?
If you are in the area, or know how best to help, please post in reply and we can start up a new thread to get it more attention.
Why is this posted every week?Food in the news* President Obama will ask Congress to double international food aid to vulnerable populations in Africa and Latin America
AFP on Google Some donation ideasSupport your local cooperative extension service* From the extension links in this section, donate all the items to complete one of the recipes (print out and donate copies of the recipe, too!)
* Donate recipe books (or other publications on nutrition) from your local cooperative extension service (
Most states cooperative extensions services have all kinds of things available)
More information about the
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (
Main website and
Food, Nutrition and Health links)
The Cooperative Extension System is a nationwide, non-credit educational network. Each U.S. state and territory has a state office at its land-grant university and a network of local or regional offices. These offices are staffed by one or more experts who provide useful, practical, and research-based information to agricultural producers, small business owners, youth, consumers, and others in rural areas and communities of all sizes.
CSREES is the federal partner in the Cooperative Extension System. It provides federal funding to the system and, through program leadership, helps the system identify and address current issues and problems. Food bank checklist* Print out the flier below and make copies for your friends, family or co-workers to take with you when you go grocery shopping.
* surreptitiously leave copies at the grocery store!
(You don't have to pick up everything on the list, just remember to pick up something.)
If you're unable to donate at this time, but may need assistance yourself, please check out these ideas from your fellow DUers ...*
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