Are there any "Drop off" centers around Gainesville for out of town folks who wish to donate stuff to help the victims of the Hurricane? I'll post the addresses on Vol boards if anyone knows of honest dispersals in your town and others.
They've been a couple of folks on different UT fan boards, twitter feeds and broadcasts asking UT fans going to the game Saturday to load their cars and trucks with cases of water, gaterade, disposable diapers, canned foods, lumber and building materials, dog food, etc to donate. I am hoping there would be police officers or firemen outside the stadium taking cash donations to aid in buying needed food, school supplies and clothes for those who lost everything.. The stadium wouldn't be a good place to drop off larger items. .
We saw how in Houston some Mexican went into a Walmart and bought up a couple hundred cases of bottled water and then went outside in their own parking lot and was selling it at 15x what he paid for it. Then this past week as folks in Broward County( I think) were trying to evacuate, some asian looking dude was selling water for $24.00 and $27.00 a case. Don't know which I detest more. Those BLM looters trying to liberate $300.00 pairs of sneakers from a closed Footlocker store or the sleazy assholes ripping off desperate people for water.
Walmart is donating $2.00 for every $1.00 in my state of Maryland to help Hurricane victims so I figure that goes nation wide. I don't think much of the Red Cross. The National Guard, Local police and Firefighters are the real heroes.
The local news showed that Pepco and Allegheny Power( The two big electric Utility providers here in this state, Pennsylvania, DC and Virginia ) had a parking lot in Prince George's County with at least 40 bucket trucks to head down I-95 as soon as the winds died down enough to send linemen crews.
sadgator is right. More important things than a football game that needs taking care of right now.
They've been a couple of folks on different UT fan boards, twitter feeds and broadcasts asking UT fans going to the game Saturday to load their cars and trucks with cases of water, gaterade, disposable diapers, canned foods, lumber and building materials, dog food, etc to donate. I am hoping there would be police officers or firemen outside the stadium taking cash donations to aid in buying needed food, school supplies and clothes for those who lost everything.. The stadium wouldn't be a good place to drop off larger items. .
We saw how in Houston some Mexican went into a Walmart and bought up a couple hundred cases of bottled water and then went outside in their own parking lot and was selling it at 15x what he paid for it. Then this past week as folks in Broward County( I think) were trying to evacuate, some asian looking dude was selling water for $24.00 and $27.00 a case. Don't know which I detest more. Those BLM looters trying to liberate $300.00 pairs of sneakers from a closed Footlocker store or the sleazy assholes ripping off desperate people for water.
Walmart is donating $2.00 for every $1.00 in my state of Maryland to help Hurricane victims so I figure that goes nation wide. I don't think much of the Red Cross. The National Guard, Local police and Firefighters are the real heroes.
The local news showed that Pepco and Allegheny Power( The two big electric Utility providers here in this state, Pennsylvania, DC and Virginia ) had a parking lot in Prince George's County with at least 40 bucket trucks to head down I-95 as soon as the winds died down enough to send linemen crews.
sadgator is right. More important things than a football game that needs taking care of right now.
