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Hurricane Laura Extremely Dangerous

Satellite Photo Of Hurricane Laura

Hurricane Laura extremely dangerous according to the National Hurricane Center. At least 20 million people are in the storm’s path and over half a million people have been ordered to evacuate.

The hurricane, currently a Category 3, was “rapidly intensifying” over the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, the hurricane center said. It warned of potentially catastrophic and life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding Wednesday night along the northwest Gulf Coast.

Eye of Hurricane Laura

“Only a few hours remain to protect life and property,” it said late Wednesday morning.

Hurricane Laura

Laura was located about 225 miles south-southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and 235 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, according to the hurricane center. It was moving northwest at 16 mph and had maximum sustained winds near 125 mph.

Workers board up property prior to Hurricane Laura Landfall

“On the forecast track, Laura will approach the Upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts this evening and move inland within that area tonight. The center of Laura is forecast to move over northwestern Louisiana tomorrow, across Arkansas Thursday night, and over the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday,” the hurricane center said.

Laura is expected to rapidly weaken after it makes landfall. Never Forget 9-11 Foundation is discussing a donor page to assist with recovery, but no decisions have been made yet.

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Support Small Business

On Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Never Forget Foundation launched a fundraising program to support small business. The goal is to help deliver financial grants and PPE to small companies – especially those that support local fire, rescue, and police services – and to get PPE into the hands of responders on the front lines of the COVID19 pandemic.

support small business administration

We know that the federal Small Business Administration has not got the job done through the SBA EIDL – Economic Injury Disaster Loans – or the Paycheck Protection Program. Report after report has come out saying big business has gotten SBA loans meant for small business. We know we can do better and we want to focus on the mom and pop and local shops that support our public safety community every day.

We support small business

Our non profit is intentionally diverse so we can represent all of America. We also look to support the entire community of businesses that supply our needs. This is so that everyone has an opportunity to succeed and overcome adversity and challenge.

We want to make sure that in those communities where business restrictions exist we can offer support also whether it is Dallas, Texas or San Francisco, California.

Our goal is to keep minority, woman, and/or veteran owned small business afloat during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Most grants and loans probably won’t protect members of the service industry. They won’t protect the party planner, your favorite boutiques, beautician, barber, food trucks, or many other small businesses.

Our project is hoping to help pay rents, booth costs, and equipment rental/storage fees for minority, woman, and/or veteran owned small business. We know everyone needs time to adjust to the new normal without drowning in deferred debt. We also want to buy PPE from these groups for delivery to their local responders.

With your donations we will be able to help small business, especially minority, woman, and/or veteran owned small business and get PPE to the healthcare providers fighting COVID19.

Our immediate goal is to cover their rent. Every $10,000.00 collected can give four to five minority, woman, and/or veteran owned small business another month to make adjustments.

Please donate and share this to keep small businesses afloat across the nation during COVID19! Please share #NeverForgetSmallBiz and donate today.

 

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Bush 43 COVID19 Message

President George W Bush 43 delivered a COVID19 message powerfully to America. It called for an end to partisanship in favor of everyone helping their community.

Bush tweeted on Saturday a video encouraging Americans to be their best selves during the coronavirus pandemic.

“We serve our neighbor by separating from them,” Bush said in the video. “We cannot allow physical separation to become emotional isolation. This requires us to not only be compassionate but creative in our outreach.”

He added, “Let us remember empathy and simple kindness are essential, powerful tools of national recovery. Even at an appropriate social distance, we can find the way to be present in the lives of others. … In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. We’re human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God.”

President George H W Bush 41 and President George W Bush 43 – Commitment to Service

George W Bush 43 Portrait

Both Presidents Bush have been known for their commitment to public service.

From the end of his one term as president through his death at 94, President Bush 41 turned his focus toward inspiring others to pursue public service through his Points of Light Foundation. He also worked with former President Bill Clinton to raise funds in the wake of natural disasters such as the 2004 southeast Asian tsunami.

Simiularly President Bush 43 has been involved with the AIDS/HIV epidemic in Africa, empowering women in the public realm, and the Call to Unite program.

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