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FROM THE VFP MESSAGE BOARD...

Casey III, day five: Four cities Five Days

...Today we had a nice stream of arrivals. I did not get a look at James photos
today, and we are hoping to start posting them soon. Gary, from www.plenty.org
came in with another load of goods. James left with Gary and Ralph from the
Plenty.org crew, and set off to pull some more people out of the swamp. If you
want that work, it looks like James is going to stay on point in the struggle to
keep people from dying in the toxic soup of New Orleans.

I got to talk with Paul, from www.plenty.org, he arrived with Lenora, Katherine,
Kara, Ralph and Gary. Plenty Inc., is over thirty years old and has been
involved in disaster relief for as long. We are honored they arrived with such
urgency and we are happy to say we will be working with them to assist the
people in need after Katrina...
...The bus is back from New Orleans, Gary from www.plenty.org
reports that:

Subcontractors are already here and locals are out of a job.

There are a lot of people around who need immediate help, just a bottle of water
or sandwich to get them down the road, Gary and the crew took a full bus load of
water and goods and came back empty, they were able to stop in three
communities. Food was distributed, In the Garden District, and French Quarter,
as well as the Convention Center.

Five Cities, Five days, the food is getting out, the food is needed. We need
your help...

...Timothy set out for Laurel, Mississippi where we heard they hadnt a thing. He
made it there and back today. And confirmed they have nothing. Timothy had been
riding with Ben and Scott Yesterday so he is a new point man. Ben and Scot split
this morning saying we would see them again on Monday. James Dunson, Tampa,
Florida rode with Timothy to Laurel today. He arrived with a group of donators
and stayed behind to help until there is stability.

Ralph took a bus load of clothes to an area and a distribution center was
opened. There was still a quarter ton of clothes on the pallets. When Ralph
returned we loaded up the bus for Algiers.

It was mid afternoon, and curfew is six nightly. We were stopped at the Causeway
by a police officer and a US Army soldier. Ralph handled it, explaining the
www.plenty.org mission of relief and evacuation. We made it to Atlantic Street
in Algiers where Malik stays. When we turned the corner we met a wonderful
family on Atlantic and gave them a beautiful quilt made by the children of Ralph
and Lenoras community. Lenora takes photos and video and has some incredible
coverage of the last few days in the swamp. We are hoping to post it soon.

Ralph McAtee, Summertown, TN is a hero. Hes been in the thick of it in Central
America. When we got to Atlantic, and were at the house in the neighborhood.
Malik pulled up and said we need to move down to his place and unload. It was
after six and a squad was pulling a patrol on the neighborhood. I looked down
the road and it was none other than the guys I spent fifteen years with, the
United States Army, with full battle gear. We followed Malik, were stopped by
the Army and I was told to move as the bus was boarded. Ralph was accused of
stealing the bus, because it appeared hot wired. It was the inverter wires so
Ralph could charge his shaver. He handled it though, smooth, we got by. Left a
bus load of goods with a hero, a leader in his community and a man who is
willing to hold his home and neighborhood intact through HELL.

We are back in camp, ready to move because the parking lot is full. Food not
Bombs has arrived, Billy Kelley from New York is here. He is the original vet
from the first day at Camp Casey. A fearless man, decorated Vietnam Veteran, and
a friend. It is good to be amongst friends.

We hope you all can come, stay for a day, distribute some food. We hope you know
that this is REAL activism. There is no party lines, no political agendas.
People need to get fed. And when you realize that people arent, while others are
sitting down to caviar, you smell it. It aint coffee, it is the scent of
something this country claims to have departed from decades ago. In the deep
South Racism is alive and well. At Maliks house today I felt it, at the very
shelter we support I see it, and in the air of the agencies who claim to be
helping I smell it, it is Bull Sh.....To them, Its all the same fing day too.

Veterans For Peace Chapter 116 is going just that!

Location:
Pine View Middle School in Covington, LA.
1115 West 28th Street Covington, LA. 70434

Services:
We are providing food, water, shelter, transportation, and supporting the Red
Cross and the refugees. They have come from Slidell, New Orleans, inside
Covington and other areas to the Pine View Middle School for help.

Actions:
We have gone into New Orleans and Pulled people out. We have distributed several
tons of goods and needed services directly to the people of the effected areas.

We have set up a Food Bank, Volunteer Camp, And Satellite Media Hub right next
to the School. We use this as base camp to bring in volunteers & supplies from
all points. We then organize it and distribute it into the communities we can
reach.

Resources:
We have limited power, but we have more generators on the way.
We have access to bathrooms with portable Johns coming.
We have real cooking facilities and shower (1).
We have wireless Internet access with more one the way.
We have some cell phone service and it is improving.
We have millions of people ready to help!
Do We have you?

Our mission:
#1 Do No Harm
#2 Support Each Other
#3 Feed The People
#4 Shelter The People
#5 Give To The People
#6 Rebuild Our Lives
#7 Rebuild Our Cities
#8 Rebuild Our Shores
#9 Reclaim Our Humanity
#10 Learn From Our Mistakes

CALL TO ACTION:
Who Wants To Help?

We need trained Volunteers! NOW!

We need Food, Water, Supplies, and Equipment, Transportation and Shipping.

More will be posted as people sign up for jobs in Camp Casey Covington, LA. When
jobs are filled by Volunteers They will post updates needs lists and give their
comments as to the results.

There is no time to waste, the storm clouds are returning, Thunder is rolling,
the rain is falling and people are dying.

We have set up a permanent Camp Casey at the Pine View Middle School, 1115 West
28th Street, Covington, LA. We are supporting The Red Cross with power and
medical supplies and kitchen service, food bank, and distribution and Internet
communications and trained medical personnel.

DROP OFFS
Volunteer Kitchen, Food Bank and Distribution Center
Pine View Middle School
1115 West 28th Street Covington, LA. 70434

UPS & FEDEX
Veterans For Peace Chapter 116 C/O
645 Kimbro Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. 70808

We are using the school to support Veterans For Peace hurricane relief efforts
from Covington, LA. for the people of the region.






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