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January 10, 2005

Tsunami Aid: CQ's World Relief Day Set For January 12

This is a post requested by Captain's Quarters in order to help promote the following humanitarian effort for the benefit of tsunami victims in southeast Asia. I highly recommend your participation to the degree that you are able to contribute. Blogs all over America are collaborating to promote this 'most worthy' event. Hyscience fully endorses this relief effort.

Hyscience readers, fellow bloggers, and friends,

We have before us one of the world's greatest natural disasters in terms of lost human life. Over 165,000 now ( Jan 8 Xinhua - with tens of thousands missing), and unless we get immediate and effective assistance to the survivors, many more will die.

Our friends around the world have given of themselves through their governments, and the US has also risen to the challenge. Our government has pledged $35 million to date, as well as ordering thousands of our military personnel and two US Navy task forces to the Indian Ocean region to provide assistance.

However, many people question the ability of capitalist-based economies to show any generosity. Americans, and other Western people, have been judged by the amount of government assistance provided. We've been called "stingy". It's up to us to show that when people control their own resources, we can put it to the best use through our own decisions -- and in fact, we can put it to better, more direct, and more effective use.

Captain's Quarters, has declared January 12th as World Relief Day. I ask that Hyscience readers and friends donate their take-home pay for January 12th to the tsunami relief effort at World Vision. Obviously, we cannot hope to match the funds raised by governments -- but we can show what a handful of determined private individuals can do to help. If you can't afford to donate all of your take-home pay for that day, please donate what you can.

Let's show our friends in Asia that they can count on us to lift them out of danger and destruction, and show the power of the individual to change the world for the better. On behalf of the First Mate and I, I offer you our deepest gratitude. The goal is set at $25,000, though right now the goal is just $905 short of being met. Let's push it to and past the goal.Link to Captain's Quarters..

inTheBullPen has a similar post and is also participating in this request for donations to World Vision. I need to mention that Chad remembered to post the reminder before I did, I'm glad I checked his site or I probably would have forgotten. Thank's Chad.

Posted by Hyscience at January 10, 2005 7:52 PM

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