Darfur Clothing Drive a Success

Thank you to all who contributed clothes, blankets and money to the Darfur drive on Purim. We donated enough to fill Bruce's fairly large pick up - including several bags behind the driver and passenger seat! We delivered the clothes to Brooklyn and met the two organizers of this tremendous effort. They are shipping containers of clothes to Chad and a representative is going over to manage the political and logistical task of getting the clothes and blankets to the camps. They were very grateful to "their friends in Connecticut" for everything. They were explaining to us that other groups have been taking on the task of getting food and medicine to the refugees but not clothing. They are hoping to fill this need as most escaped with only the clothes they were wearing. Some have no clothes at all! Thank you for your generosity.

If you would like to learn additional ways of helping with the situation in Darfur, please see the link on the right hand side of the page. The JRF is very active in this area. April 23 - 30th are Global Days for Darfur. To find a way to participate go to: http://www.savedarfur.org/page/content/globaldays/