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Collection to aid Haiti quake victims

Wheelchairs, canes, crutches sought

Feb 01, 2010 22:03 EST

By CINDY STAUFFER, Staff Writer

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Haiti could become known as "the land of amputees," because many victims of the recent earthquake there lost an arm or leg due to crush injuries, says Del-Rae Rice, an Akron resident.

Rice, a nursing student at Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences, is helping to organize a drive this week to collect crutches, walkers, canes and nonmotorized wheelchairs for injured Haitians.

Her classmate, Kristen Schmitt, of Mountville, is helping her.

Their goal is to fill a 20- or 40-foot shipping container with the donated items.

Items can be dropped off at Oregon Dairy, Lititz; Martin's Country Market, Ephrata; Darrenkamp's Markets, Willow Valley and Mount Joy; John Herr's Village Market, Millersville; and Yoder's Country Market, New Holland.

Donors can place the items in marked storage containers that have been set up in the stores' parking lots.

The deadline is Sunday.

Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Lancaster General Hospital's physical therapy department and Ephrata Community Hospital also are making contributions to the drive, Rice said.

A fund has been started to collect donations for the shipping costs, estimated to be $6,000. Contributions may be made to: D. Rice, Crutches for Haiti, ENB, P.O. Box 457, Ephrata, PA 17522.

For more information, e-mail Rice at ricehome@dejazzd.com.

cstauffer@lnpnews.com

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QUOTE (FDR06-10 @ Feb 2 2010, 11:34 AM)

If you haven't noticed...I'm not interested and it isn't your place to tell me to do so.

Did I "tell you to do so"? Surprised you don't know the meaning of the word "if" ...

ceejay

QUOTE (ceejay @ Feb 2 2010, 01:39 PM)

Did I "tell you to do so"? Surprised you don't know the meaning of the word "if" ...

Not in this thread yet. So easy to get confused your ideas from one thread to another. You claim in the other thread that it is basically all of our responsibility to help them when it is in fact not. Remember you speak on behalf of all of the United States military as well.

FDR06-10

QUOTE (FDR06-10 @ Feb 2 2010, 11:51 AM)

eh-eh-eh! I only related what those interviewed said! It was YOU who indicated that ALL the military doesn't feel that way, evincing your superior knowledge of ALL the U.S. Military.

ceejay

QUOTE (ceejay @ Feb 2 2010, 02:08 PM)

eh-eh-eh! I only related what those interviewed said! It was YOU who indicated that ALL the military doesn't feel that way, evincing your superior knowledge of ALL the U.S. Military.

And you claim I have a problem understanding the English language. LOL Not what I said but hey, spin it to suit your needs. You are good at that at least.

FDR06-10

QUOTE (thoughts from the east @ Feb 2 2010, 10:46 AM)

Wrong. Desalinization is one of the cheapest ways to purify water. A simple solar still can be made and set up in less than a day. And ANY purification facility would be susceptible to an earthquake.

You and Ceejay are both right; you're just talking about different things. If you have a large flat area that gets lots of sunlight, a solar still would make sense. In a place like Haiti, there's not enough land per person, it's mountainous, and it's covered with trees.

Wastewater is also a problem in many disaster areas. The Mennonite Central Committee (I'm not Mennonite, but I'm a fan of the MCC's disaster relief) has invested a bundle in solving water problems in disaster areas. I suspect they know what they're talking about.

Harl Delos

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