Christchurch nz downtown wiped out by earthquake

[Kim]

Glad to hear that...

[Peter Voice]

A plan to help

Hi all.
I’m trying to get up a project to raise money to help out in Christchurch, the Japanese dramas seemed to have wiped ChCh from our attention.

The whole story is on a Facebook page (my first) at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christ...248315?sk=info . If the page starts to gather support it will be an enormous help in gaining the backing I need to make this work.

Many of us here have enjoyed the hospitality and generosity of this city, liking the page (if you do) and spreading the word among your friends is a simple way of helping. The page will improve just having a little trouble up loading images

We hope to raise at least $100k to give to the ChCh Salvation Army or similar hands-on ground level support organisation. If you want to buy one of the prints, please say so on the page. Any comments that can help bring the page alive will also be very valuable.

Thanks

Peter

[Schuyler]

Hey Peter.

I don't have much to my name but I love the effort you're putting into this. I certainly didn't forget about Christchurch.

However you mention that you're trying to raise money to give to the Salvation Army and other similar groups. I would just like to recommend giving more to the "similar groups" and perhaps finding a group other than the Salvation Army to give the money to. A quick google search for "Salvation Army Gay Rights" will bring up a number of reasons but I feel that this sums it up pretty well and if you can get past the weird voice filter this video goes a little more in depth and provides some good alternatives.

I'm entirely for giving money for disaster relief, but I think it's better to have that work done by organizations that don't support bigotry. bigotry is still bigotry, regardless of the work the SA does and we shouldn't give them a pass on it. Just wanted to throw that out there, the SA is a special pet peeve of mine.

Good luck. When things turn around for me I'll do my best to do my part.