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California Fires

by John Cole|  October 28, 20037:40 am| 1 Comment

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There really isn’t much we can do here on the East coast about the fires in California, but I guess the best bet is to give to the American Red Cross. Here is a summary of their efforts in California, here is the page to donate.

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    October 30, 2003 at 8:35 am

    Give to the Red Cross? You mean the outfit that took some of the NY WTC money and used it for diversity training and a new telephone system?

    I don’t think so…

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