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Originally posted by Niki2:
Ha ha. No, Whatsit, it's ME who's going. You missed it, but a number of people from this forum got together a while back--Anthony started it with the suggestion they take up a collection to get me down there to help out, then Pizmo looked up the cost of flights, and they raised enough for me to go--PLUS $50! So I'm going down to represent Firefly and the folks from FFF, and taking all my Serenity t-shirts. My husband is kicking in by taking money out of our retirement for housing/food, and I had registered with every organization I could find, but hadn't heard back from any of them.

There was an Anderson Cooper 360 back then which covered the work the IBRRC (International Bird Rescue and Rehablitation), and the head of the IBRRC was interviewed. It turns out he's a guy I knew back in the 1970s when I volunteered at our local wildlife rehabilitation center, so I contacted Karen (now head of the center) to see if they were sending volunteers and if I could join them.

She said they weren't yet, but would let me know when they did, and I contacted IBRRC as well. This was all weeks ago, and I've been really down, hearing all the bullshit down there, being unable to help. I wouldn't TAKE a paying job--the people of the Gulf need everything they can get.

So it's a major thrill for me to have Karen e-mail me just now that it's actually gonna HAPPEN finally! I have to get off the computer, I can barely type, and start gathering things together...I'll probably have to wait a bit longer to coordinate wiht the IBRRC, but at least I know it's FINALLY going to happen!! I've wanted this so badly for so long...

AND I get to work with IBRRC AND I get to see Jay after all these years AND AND AND...


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
signing off

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Ha ha. No, Whatsit, it's ME who's going. You missed it, but a number of people from this forum got together a while back--Anthony started it with the suggestion they take up a collection to get me down there to help out, then Pizmo looked up the cost of flights, and they raised enough for me to go--PLUS $50! So I'm going down to represent Firefly and the folks from FFF, and taking all my Serenity t-shirts. My husband is kicking in by taking money out of our retirement for housing/food, and I had registered with every organization I could find, but hadn't heard back from any of them.

There was an Anderson Cooper 360 back then which covered the work the IBRRC (International Bird Rescue and Rehablitation), and the head of the IBRRC was interviewed. It turns out he's a guy I knew back in the 1970s when I volunteered at our local wildlife rehabilitation center, so I contacted Karen (now head of the center) to see if they were sending volunteers and if I could join them.

She said they weren't yet, but would let me know when they did, and I contacted IBRRC as well. This was all weeks ago, and I've been really down, hearing all the bullshit down there, being unable to help. I wouldn't TAKE a paying job--the people of the Gulf need everything they can get.

So it's a major thrill for me to have Karen e-mail me just now that it's actually gonna HAPPEN finally! I have to get off the computer, I can barely type, and start gathering things together...I'll probably have to wait a bit longer to coordinate wiht the IBRRC, but at least I know it's FINALLY going to happen!! I've wanted this so badly for so long...

AND I get to work with IBRRC AND I get to see Jay after all these years AND AND AND...

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Ha ha. No, Whatsit, it's ME who's going. You missed it, but a number of people from this forum got together a while back--Anthony started it with the suggestion they take up a collection to get me down there to help out, then Pizmo looked up the cost of flights, and they raised enough for me to go--PLUS $50! So I'm going down to represent Firefly and the folks from FFF, and taking all my Serenity t-shirts. My husband is kicking in by taking money out of our retirement for housing/food, and I had registered with every organization I could find, but hadn't heard back from any of them.

There was an Anderson Cooper 360 back then which covered the work the IBRRC (International Bird Rescue and Rehablitation), and the head of the IBRRC was interviewed. It turns out he's a guy I knew back in the 1970s when I volunteered at our local wildlife rehabilitation center, so I contacted Karen (now head of the center) to see if they were sending volunteers and if I could join them.

She said they weren't yet, but would let me know when they did, and I contacted IBRRC as well. This was all weeks ago, and I've been really down, hearing all the bullshit down there, being unable to help. I wouldn't TAKE a paying job--the people of the Gulf need everything they can get.

So it's a major thrill for me to have Karen e-mail me just now that it's actually gonna HAPPEN finally! I have to get off the computer, I can barely type, and start gathering things together...I'll probably have to wait a bit longer to coordinate wiht the IBRRC, but at least I know it's FINALLY going to happen!! I've wanted this so badly for so long...

AND I get to work with IBRRC AND I get to see Jay after all these years AND AND AND...


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
signing off

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