Sunday, June 20, 2010

Damage Caused by The Gulf Coast Oil Spill And Ways You Can Help

BP has now spent about 1.6 billion dollars trying to cleanup the oil spill, but it will take years before the gulf coast will even get close to being like it was before.There are 400 species of birds threatened by the oil spill. Yet, there are 27,000 animal rescue workers trying to help save them.Those workers are willing to help, but what are they going to do without money for supplies? And how can they cleanup the beaches and the water without, again money for proper supplies? And, if you live near the gulf coast and you happen to be reading this, why are you on the computer? If i live near enough and was old enough I wouldn't be writing this. I would be out there, doing everything I could to end this nightmare. But since I can't do that, I am having my book drive and donating the money to the efforts. I have found quite a few reputable charities that I will now list:

CLEANUP:
1.`Deepwater Horizon Unified Command- 866-448-5816 deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
2. volunteerlouisiana.gov
3. Mississippi:mcvs.org
4. volunteerflorida.org
5. servealabama.gov
WILDLIFE RESCUE:
1. sierraclub.org
2. audubon.org
3. National Wildlife Federation, text "WILDLIFE" to 2022 to donate ten dollars.
nwf.org/oilspill
If you know me, please help me with my fundraiser. If not, try donating to one of these charities for volunteering with them.

5 comments:

  1. I hope those people who were planning vacations in the affected areas might go through with their trip as planned. To show real support, they could make their vacation service oriented and help clean up the mess. This would help save the livelihoods of those who rely on the tourist industry in the gulf. Not only could you help save the beaches and wildlife, but perhaps save workers from losing their income and maybe their homes.

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  2. I completely agree mom. That is what I would do. The link from Care2 on the right has ten ways you can help.

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  3. On second thoughts, though, volunteers with no training handling toxic chemicals might be a problem.

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  4. You are making a difference Frances! I am a follower and a fan:)

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