Winecast » Hurricane Katrina http://winecast.net A wine podcast and blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:19:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en © winecast@gmail.com () winecast@gmail.com() 1440 A wine podcast and blog winecast@gmail.com No no http://winecast.net/art/winecast_cover_small.gif Winecast http://winecast.net 144 144 Let it Flow: Wine Blogs & Forums Respond to Katrina http://winecast.net/2005/09/07/let-it-flow-wine-blogs-forums-respond-to-katrina/ http://winecast.net/2005/09/07/let-it-flow-wine-blogs-forums-respond-to-katrina/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:26:35 +0000 Tim http://winecast.net/?p=215 Let it Flow

Beau over at Basic Juice emailed the wine blogosphere this morning with a challenge he posted to his blog a few days back:
“Take the amount of ca$h you spend on wine/vin/wein/vino over the course of 1 week, 1 month, or even 1 year and donate it to…”, the relief agency of your choice.

I have placed Beau’s banner on the right menu of the blog and encourage everyone to make a donation.

I also noticed over at the eRobertParker forum that Bob Fleming posted a generous donation matching offer of up to $5,000 of your contribution. Many others have also posted ideas to auction off parts of their wine collections to support Hurricane survivors.

It’s great to see the online wine community coming together to help others in need with the same passion we bring to our love of the grape.

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]]> http://winecast.net/2005/09/04/big-city-bars-supporting-new-orleans/feed/ Support Hurricane Survivors http://winecast.net/2005/09/02/support-hurricane-survivors/ http://winecast.net/2005/09/02/support-hurricane-survivors/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:22:43 +0000 Tim http://winecast.net/?p=212 I will be taking a break from my regular blogging and podcasting today to ask for your support of the many relief agencies doing unbelievably great work in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina. I have placed a banner for the Red Cross at the top of the blog, but there are many other groups doing great work in the area collected at this site. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives and the hundreds of thousands now homeless. This is an overwhelming and unprecedented situation but we can all contribute directly to those in need; even a few dollars will help if millions respond.

Thank you.

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