Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief

[mrmephistopheles]

Ok folks, I know this is a car forum, and I'm ususally the one to keep everyone on the topic of cars, but it's time we stepped up and made a difference.

I'm humbly asking you guys to send a little cash to those who really need it right now.

The paypal address is: ZilviaRelief at gmail.com

ANYTHING AT ALL that you can send is appreciated. We'll be forwarding the final sum to the American Red Cross.
As an incentive, Zilvia will be providing account upgrades to folks who donate, which are as follows:


$10-$24.99 - Usertitle change
$25 - One year premium membership
$50 - 2 years premium membership and Zilvia stickers
$100 - lifetime premium membership and Zilvia stickers
$200+ lifetime premium membership, freedom to change all your information (such as username, registration date, etc), and Zilvia stickers

I realize that most of us don't have alot of money to spare alot of the time, but I also know that the money we DO have to spare goes straight into our cars. I think now would be a good time to take a step back and think about the bigger picture. Which is more important: helping feed and shelter the thousands of your fellow Americans, or getting that cool new doodad or whatever.

Just think about how useless your car would be if your home was flooded, the car was washed away and turned over, you've lost your job because your workplace was destroyed, and you don't have any food.

Anyway, give what you can - you'll never regret knowing you've helped someone.

-Kevin

PS. include your username in the donations so we know who to acknowledge.

[SlowCoupe]

thanks for your kindness...i left my s14 in my garage thinking my house was on high ground. i hope shes still there when i get back.

[racer98]

cool! and thanks for the 411, going too do my part but its worse than it really is.

[nsn240]

that's great of you guys to do this... as a family, we're donating money ot the redcross. Unfortunately my parents didnt want to go through zilvia.

SlowCoupe, sorry to hear you had to leave your car, i hope everything is OK when you get back.

[mrmephistopheles]

Just wanted to add some info right quick:
It's ThatGuy and I who are going to be running this collection. He's using his PayPal account since I'm still doing business with mine and don't want any confusion.
We didn't consult with Mark or any of the other mods/admins (Sorry, guys).
If necessary, premium membership/sticker costs will come out of my pocket.
Nothing donated will be going to Zilvia. Everything donated will be going to the Red Cross.

[Sil-Abc]

yay for mrmephalskidfaksjvnk however u pronounce it and Thatguy haha. Once i get my paycheck ill be donating

i just hope very little damage is done and pray that there wont be any deaths. i wish you the best of luck slowcoupe

[hellion240sx]

hello everyone, man i just want to thank you zilva and everyone on here for starting this! seriously i just saw this thread and got a lil choked up heh. but don't tell anyone. thank you for supporting a good cause i am going to be posting on a few forums to see if i can get in touch with anyone else. ton sorry to say but i hope you got full coverage! i will be checking in sometime in the future. as i have somewhat acess to a computer. i drove my car thankfully, i almost left it behind. My neighborhood is up to the roof in water! i ha da freinds cousin who saayed back and went around my n'hood. so yeah. thank you all for starting this: zilvia, mr mephistopheles, and that guy.
i keep you guys posted.
peace
Edgardo

[driftracer]

I want to thank everyone on zilvia who decided to help start this collection. It's sad how many people are not paying attention to this matter.

I will collect from all my family and send all at once by the end of the week.

I'll also see if I can get a few people to match whatever zilvia pools together. Hopefully, they will cooperate.

Anyway, everyone contribute. Like Mr. Mephistopheles said: "you'll never regret knowing you've helped someone."

[mrmephistopheles]

So far we've gotten 2 donations:

MEisGQdonated $52.40 and stp9154 donated $25!!
Thanks guys. We'll be getting your Premium Memberships setup straight away.
After PayPal fees, we're at 74.55!
I'd call that a respoectable start.

For everyone out there debating whether or not you should donate, go look in your paypal accounts. If you have $10 sitting there not doing anything, send it in. You're not using it now and you'll never miss it.
In the end, it'll help folks get by until the disaster areas are restored to at least SOME normality.

[Edgar]

I dont have a paypal account but I will try to get one open to help out. Some friends and family went thru hard times with the hurricanes that hit Florida last year and Katrina was so much worst.
Is it ok for me to post the email address on myspace.com and get some other people to donate?
Please let me know and I will help out as much as I can.

Thanks
Edgar

[mrmephistopheles]

Originally Posted by Edgar

Is it ok for me to post the email address on myspace.com and get some other people to donate?

Thanks
Edgar

That's fine by us. The biggest reasons we're doing a fundraiser and then sending the proceeds along are so we can track who donated what (so we can apply premium memberships, etc) and so we can show what we as a car forum can do for those in need.

[theicecreamdan]

hey that was a good idea, I totally forgot about the cash I had sitting in my paypal doing nothing

[racer98]

Originally Posted by SlowCoupe

thanks for your kindness...i left my s14 in my garage thinking my house was on high ground. i hope shes still there when i get back.

man that really sucks, but most of my family had too split and my cousin place of work is gone and the bridges that conect most of ms and LA are completely distroyed.

[racer98]

its really upsetting too watch the lastest devlopments there and nothing is being done fast enough.

[S13 Charlie]

I get paid tomorrow, so I'll send a lil sumtin sumtin tomorrow. Hopefully, they can restore some semblance of order down there... Shame to see that, given the opportunity, many decide to steal from their neighbor, rather than try to get through it together.. fucked up shit, whatever happened to the golden rule?

-C

[Edgar]

Originally Posted by mrmephistopheles

That's fine by us. The biggest reasons we're doing a fundraiser and then sending the proceeds along are so we can track who donated what (so we can apply premium memberships, etc) and so we can show what we as a car forum can do for those in need.

Thats awsome. I will post it on myspace and hope for it to get around let me know if you start recieving more money.

Thank You

[racer98]

Im really disturbed that there are reports that people have have been shooting at the Med-vac coast gaurd and med vac chopers

[sykikchimp]

money sent.. GL guys.

[hellion240sx]

thanks again guys, yeah the news is still not good. heard from frind who has family uptown, some young guys with guns walked by saying they "own the city" which means they aren't trying to get out. its just sad. i am one of the more fortunate ones because i have my family, car, and a place to saty at the moment. this will really help out a lot of ppl. i just want to go back and help clean up now. its just so fustrating!

[mrmephistopheles]

We've gotten 2 more donations!

theicecreamdan donated $30 (net 28.83) and sykikchimp donated $25 (net 23.97)

This means we've collected a total of $127.35

Not a bad start for just four donations!

[ThatGuy]

Well, I almost had the chance to help out in person, guys. It was decided that other aircraft would be better suited though. I will be contributing to the fund myself this week, but for now I'm just tracking your donations. Thank you guys so much for offering to help like this. I have a few of my Marines who are originally from N.O.L.A. and they were very surprised to hear a group of car guys on the internet were contributing to the Red Cross for Katrina Relief. Thanks Again Everyone.

-Barry

[driftasilvia]

Man, i would send a donation but i have no money, job, car, house,(of my own) so all i can do is say thanks for doing something for the better cause! Good luck by the way, to everyone.

[justinhustle]

you guys should make this the #1 match when people google/yahoo 240sx forums?

maybe then even more people will take notice

ps my donation is on the way

[fliprayzin240sx]

Money sent, figured my suspension can wait. Im hoping, imma get deployed out there to help since they got us on stand-by since yesterday. So far Travis AFB has sent C-5s loaded with supply, search/rescue equipment and personnel. I feel bad for people in New Orleans but i feel worst for the people in Missippi, I got a couple of friends from Gulfport/Biloxi area who i have yet to get ahold of. The whole base/town has been literally swept away.

[khoadogg]

after i donate can i change my status back from PINKED?

[mrmephistopheles]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Money sent

LIFETIME PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP coming right up!

Folks, MrFliprayzinstopheles just donated $105!!
Thanks a TON dude.
We also received a $25 donation from a David Ng (no username given).
If you're David Ng, send us an email from the same paypal account email and give us your username!

Folks, we're at $252.97!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys ROCK.

[01SaturnL200]

thanks for the support guys, u have no idea how much this will help everybody including myself from the NOLA/Slidell area.....

[fliprayzin240sx]

How did slidell do anyways compared to new orleans? I was in the impression that slidells a lil higher cuz its on the other side of the lake.

[nismo2491]

kudo's to all that donate. I donated $50 through my work, and bought a "box o' food" at Giant that is apparently enough food and supplies for a family of 4 for 2 days, and I gave some blood.
membership upgrades shouldn't make people want to donate, thats just greed. just go to your local red cross, or almost any larger franchise, and donate.

[mav1178]

Kevin, sorry I can't donate to your fund, but FYI I already put in $200 to the American Red Cross directly. If I sell those wheels I'll donate more...

And for those of you wishing to donate, either to this drive or elsewhere, the Red Cross accepts donations as little as $5.00. Just FYI.

-alex