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We'll hold our monthly meeting February 15 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall in St. Cloud. The public is invited. We're a very casual group and will discuss a few freethought initiatives including a Camp Quest sponsorship and our new annual blood drive.
We hope you can join us.
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We'll get together from 10 until noon this Sunday at the Caribou Coffee on the north side of the Crossroads Mall. Look for us in the meeting room. Any atheist-friendly person is welcome.
We'll be having casual conversation on whatever comes up. Hope to see you there!
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From the Red Cross newsroom:
(1/13/2010) You can text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti.
I've done this. You get a confirmation text along with links to more information. It's very well executed, and it's extremely convenient.
Of course, you can also donate by conventional channels:
There are many ways you can support the American Red Cross.
Help people affected by disaster like the recent earthquakes and floods by donating to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. On those rare occasions when donations exceed Red Cross expenses for a specific disaster, contributions are used to prepare for and serve victims of other disasters. Your gift enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance to victims of all disaster. Call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund may be sent to your local American Red Cross chapter, or to American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C., 20013. Internet users can make a secure online donation by visiting www.redcross.org.
You can help the victims of countless crises around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to those in need. Donations to the International Response Fund can be sent to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at www.redcross.org.
For volunteer opportunities, contact your local chapter.
Display and share Online Tools to help spread the word about Red Cross Relief.
There are also the secular organizations Partners In Health and YeleHaiti. Here's a good SSA article on those and others.
Update: Jen over at The Atheist Experience has written a nice in-depth article on secular charities.
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There seems to be an open section of Hwy 10 just north of St. Cloud. I have not contacted the DOT to verify availability. It's a mile long, presumably because it's close to a city and gathers more litter. It has blank signs up starting a mile north of the 10/15 split.
Does anyone think we could assemble enough humanpower to tackle this twice a year? Minnesota Atheists already does the two-mile section immediately north of Rice, so there's some overlap in interest, I'm sure.
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We'll hold our monthly meeting January 18 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall in St. Cloud. The public is invited. We're a very casual group and will discuss a few freethought initiatives including a Camp Quest sponsorship and an annual blood drive.
We hope you can join us.