Hi Jerri, I sure do not know of any help for your grandfolks, and they sound "Grand", alright. I am okay and glad to be here in this backwater place. Afraid to read headlines from anywhere, since there are so many disasters and piling up worse all the time. I hope you find help for them. Glad to hear from Texas folks and hope all keep on making it as best as you and they can. Bonnie Idabel, Ok >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Rita report...elderly help? >Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:50:40 EDT > >Hi guys. You may know that I live in DeKalb Tx but I am from South >Louisiana. I'm not asking for donations or anything...just some info to >maybe help my >Grandparents. I've mentioned them before...both Vets of WWII. Well, they >survived Rita but they also got two trees through their roof...only one >small >hole through the ceiling though....lots of cleaning to be done and limbs >down. >The nearest family is 4 hrs away from them and they recieved their own >damages >but are getting to go and help some...They are now living in the house with >a >tarp on their roof. They were out of their home for two weeks due to lack >of >electricity. They lost 3 freezers of meat and fish. They had deer meat >and >bass and squirrels and sausage and wild boar...Anything hunted and I can't >buy >at the grocery store. They lost everything foodwise from Salt and flour to >all that meat. They had enough meat to live their lives on. How can I go >about >replacing that? I don't know. >Anyway...I'm wondering if perhaps their is special help for Veterans in >need...or for the elderly in general? They are both retired and on Social >Security. I know she spent the day in line to sign up with FEMA and I know >that it >was very hard on her to do...both physically and mentally. We gave lots >from >here after Katrina...so many people are taking donations...but for the life >of >me I can't figure out how to get them on a list anywhere. Even just to get >checked on. Maw will always say they are fine...that's how they are. >He has already fallen from the ladder onto the concrete once. He's a >stubborn man but a truly good man trying to take care of his business. So, >please >don't get me wrong, I'm not soliciting anything from ya'll.....Just >wondering if >you had any ideas to share. >Jerri in De Kalb > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >