From its headquarters in southern Tennessee, Plenty International is sending relief supplies, food, water and medicines to survivors living in the hurricane Katrina battered Delta regions of Louisiana. On September 2nd, a volunteer from California flew out to Nashville and purchased a full-size diesel school bus which was then stocked with supplies. It left on September 3rd for its first run to Alexandria, New Orleans, and Covington Louisiana. Before returning to Plenty headquarters, the bus transported 40 people from the New Orleans airport to Baton Rouge to reunite with family members. On Monday, September 5, the bus left again with a second load of supplies, which will be transported to the Veterans for Peace soup kitchen and base in Covington.

We are especially targeting the people who inevitably are falling through the cracks of the larger scale relief efforts being mounted by such agencies as the National Guard, FEMA and Red Cross. We hope to continue to transport people from over-crowded temporary quarters or other situations to better and more permanent facilities such as the college dorms and homes that are being offered. We will continue to make these bus runs as long as we can and they are needed.

This is one of those disasters that has been predicted for many years, but now that it has come crashing down, it's difficult to comprehend the human devastation. We hope that you, our friends in the Plenty network, will help with financial support for these efforts.

To donate to Plenty's hurricane relief efforts, please visit our donation page
www.plenty.org/donate.html

You may also send a check to Plenty, Box 394, Summertown, TN 38483

Contact Plenty through email with any questions or ideas:plenty (at) plenty.org

All donations to Plenty are tax-deductible.

Thank you so very much.

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