gave their pledge….
Bowienet member Kris aka Starla asked the membership of Bowienet to donate to a fund called ARTI (American Rescue Team International) to help with the NYC and Washington DC relief funds. Together, our donors raised nearly $600! That’s fantastic! The money will be used to buy a new casualty locator, and to help the families of the victims. ARTI’s leader, Doug Copp, has been a volunteer rescue team leader for about 16 years and was actually the head of the first American rescue team to help in international disasters. He phoned Starla to thank her and all of the Bowienet members for the donation. You can see footage of the team at WTC ground zero on their website.
In addition, Ultrastar has made its own donation, on behalf of the members of Bowienet.
As well as the donations mentioned above, it has been obvious from message board posts and chat room chats, that we have many members who have dug deep in their pockets and hearts in response to those terrible events. Those in New York have contributed everything from flowers, to food and clothing, and there was a very moving post about a squeamish member giving blood for the first ever time, as did many more of you. Those further afield made donations to many diverse organisations, including Save the Children who are making every effort on behalf of those who lost a parent ..
Thanks to all of you who have helped! You know who you are…