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Friends, Colleagues and fellow sneakerheads, please take a moment out of your day and donate [financially permitting] to the Myanmar Cyclone & China Earthquake Relief efforts. We at Sneaker News and Freshness have each donated $1000 to the American Red Cross China Earthquake and Myanmar Cyclone Relief and nitro:licious has made a donation as well. If you run a blog, please also link your readers to the American Red Cross donation sites.
On May 2nd 2008, tens of thousands of lives were lost and hundreds of thousands of homes damaged when Cyclone Nargis unleashed high winds, heavy rain, and floodwater in southwestern Myanmar.
On Monday, May 12th, 2008, a major earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, jolted southwestern China’s Sichuan Province. Several lower-scale earthquakes and aftershocks followed in the same area. The quake destroyed many buildings in the area, as well as infrastructure like communication towers. According to the latest reports, more than 12,000 people have died and many more have been injured or are missing. Many schools were destroyed, including one that had at least 900 students in it. As authorities reach more remote areas, these numbers are expected to rise.
> DONATE: American Red Cross China Earthquake Relief
> DONATE: American Red Cross Myanmar Cyclone Relief
If you wish to donate somewhere else, please make sure to donate to a reputable organization.
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