[SWAPlist] hurricane

[Shay Welch]

everything is supplied by the red cross. there is also training involved 
before the groups depart.

On 9/2/05, ajm5007 at garnet.acns.fsu.edu <ajm5007 at garnet.acns.fsu.edu> wrote: 
> 
> I just thought I'd point out that the resources spent traveling to Mobile
> and back will in all likelihood offset any good you'll actually do. While
> I am certain that your efforts in Mobile will be greatly appreciated on a
> personal level by those involved, if your intentions are to aid people to
> the best of your ability, you are are much better off giving money to a
> disaster relief charity (especially a federally funded one).
> 
> Some of you may have your doubts concerning the ability of relief
> organizations to provide aid to those in need, but I have researched the
> topic at great length in the past, and I have found that in cases such as
> these, unless you have SPECIAL SKILLS that will be of use to the victims,
> you will do the most good simply by donating resources to relief
> organizations.
> 
> The money you spend getting to Mobile could be used to deliver much
> larger amounts of relief to those in need. The time you spend traveling
> there and back could be spent gathering donations in your own community.
> The aid you provide while there can be better provided by trained
> professionals, whose time you can free up for providing such services by
> volunteering within your own community.
> 
> If you really want to help the victims of hurrican Katrina, I suggest you
> all donate as much money as you had intended to spend on this trip to a
> relief organization of your choice (I prefer Oxfam America), and donate
> as much TIME as you had intended to spend helping others gathering
> donations and volunteering in your own community (I volunteer at The
> Shleter several times each year).
> 
> I'm not going to try to stop you if you insist on traveling to Mobile.
> Perhaps you have personal (i.e., selfish) reasons for wanting to actually
> travel there. However, if your motivation is simply to help people, then
> you can best do that by remaining here in Tallahassee. Every hour you
> spend on the road benefits no one. Every dollar you spend on gasoline
> actually HARMS those people you are trying to help.
> 
> Aaron J Mobley
> Department of Philosophy
> Florida State University
> 151E Dodd Hall
> 850 645-1531
> ajm5007 at fsu.edu
> 
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