CARE, the International Relief Organization has been added to the Fire Relief Benefit that will happen this this Thursday night.

Date:   11/26/2007 1:52:38 PM ( 17 y ago)

CARE, the humanitarian Relief organization,
i.,e Care Package, is now part of the
Fire Relief Fundraiser that will happen this Thursday.

This is from an email from Ron Nash of The Nash Group:

As for the event, our intention is to raise money for a few reasons;

1. The San Diego Fireman’s Relief Fund; firefighters continually put their lives on the line to protect and serve everyone; regardless to social status; (Malibu is burning as I write this). Due to budget cuts, firefighters haven’t had a raise in over 5 years; in addition, Firefighters have to use their own monies for various supplies to sustain them at work.
2. The San Pasqual Academy in Escondido (www.sanpasqualacademy.org) an OUTSTANDING program for foster kids!!! They lost 19 structures in the recent fires.
3. CARE; the farm and Agriculture organization that was affected.

Some of San Diego’s finest chefs and restaurants are donating their time, food and staff to help accomplish our goal. The event doesn’t cost money to attend, we simply ask that you bring a gift card of any denomination (i.e. Ross, Home Depot, American Express, etc.) these will be given to the fire departments throughout San Diego and Southern California. There will be an online, silent and live auction –
http://www.socalfires.maestroweb.com
where you can bid on some AMAZING items for Christmas. There is also world class entertainment by entertainers who are also supporting us in this cause as well.

Our intention is to have you bid on items which will help us to raise funds for Operation USA, the charity that we’ve chosen to partner with;
http://www.opusa.com
– this charity is an international disaster relief charity which fits in the spaces where FEMA and the RED CROSS can’t, thus up to 97% of the funds are usually given to the recipients. You can also pledge funds directly through their site, for disasters all over the world.

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The program is developing moment by moment.

Steve Finley, former star baseball player, his wife Amy, TV Food Show hostess & designer;
and Ron Nash, a new friend, are putting on the event.

I will be attending.

Various possibilities of service are being offered
including being the photographer for Ron Nash
of the Nash Group.

Here is more on CARE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARE_%28relief%29

Online Relief Auction & more on the event:

http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1047854

Planting a Seed that some of the funds go toward
local farming relief:
Support Your Local Farmer


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