Please help Turks and Caicos!!!!!!!!!!!

[msbee]

Pleas for help from stormcarib.com
1. For people who want to help out the hard hit Turks and Caicos, there is a drop-off site for donations:

Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Area
Just Posh Hair Salon
6447 Pembroke Road
Hollywood, FL 33023
(786) 318-6978
Ask for Jackie or Kim


Collecting: NON PERISHABLES & BUILDING SUPPLIES/MATERIALSItems will be shipped via G & G as charity donations, they are working along with Minister McAllister Hanchell & Charles for WIV4.
2.Another way to donate:

To donate to the British Red Cross Hurricane Appeal go to http://www.redcross.org.uk/hurricaneappeal or call 08450 53 53 53. Postal donations made payable to British Red Cross Hurricane Appeal can be sent to British Red Cross, 44 Moorfields, London EC2Y 9AA For interviews with Red Cross personnel in Haiti, Turks and Caicos or UK, or for further information please call Penny Sims or Mark South on 020 7877 7044 or 020 7877 7042, or out of hours call 07659 145 095.



3.RELIEF AID-ADDRESS INFO FOR SALT CAY*******
Posted by: Donna Shope
Date: September 08, 2008 12:12PM


If anyone would like to send supplies for the MUCH NEEDED relief effort for Salt Cay, please send them to the following address, also, be sure you mark on it that it is for Salt Cay. And let me thank all of you who have sent prayers, best wishes, and offers of assistance..everyone from Salt Cay is so very appreciative.

And we will be good as new soon, I am positive of it!!!

Shipping info:

BML Shipping
C/O Jose Diaz
7185 NW 87th
Miami, Forida
33178

Some of the things we need are listed below:

bottled H2O
heavy duty work gloves
face masks
non perishable food items
roofing materials (galvanized nails, paper, ondura)
tarps
plastic trash containers or plastic boxes with lids
mosquito spray
mosquito nets
Lumber (treated, 2x4's, 2x6's, 2x10's, plywood)
diesel generators

personal hygiene products for the workers such as baby wipes, hand sanitizers, etc.

Please remember if you buy us building materials, we are in a tropical environment, rust is a big problem & if lumber is not treated, the termites get is as soon as they find it. We also have a bank account set up for relief funds..I will post the mailing address later today for those of you that would prefer to send money.
We also have a bank account set up for relief funds..If you would prefer to make a monetary donation please send to:

Friends of Salt Cay
C/O D R Opper
5410 McAlpine Farm Road
Charlotte, NC
28226

OR you may send payment via paypal at http://www.saltcay.org

Again,
Thank you all so much!!!

[artist]

thanks for posting this msbee.

[Chacor]

Can we remove Storm of the Month, MotM nominations and SG's promotion as announcements? (Makes it less cluttered in the announcement section, more people likely not to glance over it.) Then this should be made a global announcement, imo.

[msbee]

here are some [pictures sf the damage

http://www.myalbum.com/Public/Turks%20A ... %20Islands

[Stephanie]

I feel for those poor people in Turks and Caicos right now and in Cuba as well.

[knotimpaired]

Here is also a link forwarded to me that helps all victims. I think that this wesbite deserves to stay up and locked for all to see. JMO.

http://www.shelterbox.org

[flamingosun]

Thanks for this thread...
I lurk and learn a lot here on S2k, but rarely post...

I've been able to get a copy of the top post in this thread also posted on a fairly active cruise forum, and am aware of several donations from that source.

Perhaps someone here can help us help a little more.
A group of 16 or so folks who will be sailing in October with a stop in Grand Turk would like to take along some supplies... several of us would like to take along an extra duffel or backpack filled with needed items for the folks in Grand Turk.

Does anyone here know of a contact there that we could communicate with about this?

Thanks for your help!

[flamingosun]

Here is another way folks can help... this is posted on the home page of the Grand Turk Cruise Center - http://www.grandturkcc.com
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Make a gift to Operation Helping Hands Fund for Grand Turk
Eighty-five percent of homes on the island were either damaged or destroyed and, while some governmental and relief organizations are assisting, much more help is needed. Grand Turk is a small island and its’ plight is currently receiving little media focus or international attention.
Carnival Corporation & plc has acted swiftly to rebuild the port with plans to reopen the Grand Turk Cruise Center by October 8, 2008. This will bring much needed cruise tourism money back to the island quickly. Our efforts are not limited to the port itself. We are rebuilding certain island facilities like roads, signs, public areas, as well. And we are also continuing to take care of the port facility’s 42 employees, many of whom have lost their homes.

To provide further help to the people of Grand Turk Island, the United Way of Miami-Dade has agreed to set up a fund that will be earmarked specifically to Grand Turk. This will assist the residents of Grand Turk in rebuilding after this devastating storm.

A special website has been established by United Way to collect monetary donations for Grand Turk Island. Any dollar amount you may wish to donate will be of tremendous assistance and greatly appreciated by those in dire need at this time.
The link to make a donation is: https://www.unitedwaymiami.org/grandturk.asp