This Is Not An Urban Legend

As a subscriber to the Newbie Club Newsletter,
I was sent information today that everyone who
cleans their equipment with "canned air" should
know. Pease read the posted report and pass it
on to as many people as possible because it
reveals yet another risk to the lives of our
children and grandchildren.

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/dustoff.asp

Susan Carroll
FriendsWhoCare Newsletter

PS If your not a member of the Newbie Club I urge
you to check it out. Membership is free and they
provide a lot of useful information.

http://www.friendswhocare.us/newbieclub.php

Hurricane Katrina Info

I just finished sending the following message
to my subscribers and am posting it here
because of its importance.
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Hi,
Yesterday I was going to write you about the
lack of email I'd seen concerning Hurricane
Katrina. Fortunately, I didn't get it sent and
today I see that the online community is again
evolved in the helping of those who have and
are suffering from a disaster.

At the bottom of this message you will find
several links that point to different organizations
accepting donations to assist those affected by
Katrina but before I give them to you I wanted
to pass along a warning.

In all aspects of life there are those who try to
take advantage of others. This is unfortunately
true when people are suffering and in the most
need.

Right now there are many legitimate places you
can go and make donations to help the victims of
Hurricane Katrina. Likewise, there are many
places that are using this terrible disasterto make
money.

Here are 2 known scams that you should avoid:

1. Any site asking you to enter your email
   address to get information either about the
   hurricane or offering to tell you how you can
   help. This information is free - just go to
   Yahoo and do a search. You do not need to
   get on someone's mailing list because you
   want to help.
2. Any site offering to donate part of their
   profits from a sale. If you want the product
   you may want to buy it but you have no way
   of knowing if they will actually donate any of
   the money to the cause you want to support.

The 3 links below all go to non-profit sites setup to
help the victims of Hurricane Katrina:

http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/

http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/resources_katrina.shtm

http://www.redcross.org

For those of you who would like to make your
donation through PayPal, Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian
has set up a site that accepts donations through
them. In addition he does offer a free PDF report
(no information required to get it) just for visiting
his site. While I don't agree with his"Firesale"
wording, I am including the link because he has set
up a way to donate through PayPal and know this is
the preferred method for some.

http://www.reach-n-relate.com/katrina.htm

Please take a few moments from your busy
schedule and visit one of the above links to
make a donation.

Thank You,
Susan Carroll