There is an ongoing community effort to gather earthquake relief supplies needed by the people of Pakistan/India who have been devastated by the recent earthquake. If you can donate any of the items listed below, please call Louise Buss, 707 887-9094 or 707 478-5002.

Blankets; warm winter clothing for adults and children; shoes; socks, sleeping bags; all-weather tents; plastic tarps; small (non-battery) toys and picture books for children; any over-the-counter unopened medicines such as aspirin; unopened multiple vitamins and bandages.

These items will be trucked down to the Hidaya Foundation (1-866-244-3292) www.hidaya.org in Milpitas for container shipment to the affected areas. Please call Louise Buss in Forestville if you have questions; would like to help sort clothes; or if you have a pickup truck and can make a run down to Milpitas and help deliver this precious cargo.

Donations would be appreciated as soon as possible, however, the need is so great this will be an ongoing program for at least a year. Thank you for y our generosity.