Colleagues Helping Colleagues Fund

This is a repost of a repost. 
I saw this on PRADO today. It originally went out on a DEI email.


Friends, this is for those of you who did not already receive this through the DEI e-mail list.  Many many thanks to PRADO for allowing us to re-post this here!

Dear Public Media Colleagues,

I'm writing today to ask for your help.

In the last several weeks, the Colleagues Helping Colleagues Fund has been able to make a real difference in the lives of public media employees who suffered severe property damage in the wake of Hurricane Irene.  Thanks to the generosity of many past and current donors to the CHC Fund, we were able to act immediately to get funding to those who needed it. 

But now, the Fund's reserves are nearly exhausted.

We hope you will consider making a donation to the Colleagues Helping Colleagues Fund today.  With your help we can continue to provide immediate assistance to public media professionals who are struggling with the gap between insurance coverage and the real costs of rebuilding their homes and lives.  Your donation is 100% tax-deductible, and every penny we receive goes to your colleagues in need.

You can contribute online at http://dei.cloudfour.com/node/3830, or send a check to:

DEI/CHC Fund
401 N. 3rd St.Suite 370
Minneapolis, MN 55401

The most urgent expenses after any natural disaster are temporary housing, insurance premiums, and clean-up costs.  Here are some of the stories we've recently received from your public media colleagues in the last several weeks:
  "[Our insurance claim] included the cost of pumping out the basement, disinfection, renting a fan, repairing the furnace, re-pointing the foundation where it was blown out by the flood water pressure, replacement of the garage door and other items. As you may know, a number of things do not get covered, such as removal of silt outside the home, removal of logs and river debris, and driveway washout. This is in addition to the $1,000 deductible..."

  "I have just had my home flooded (with approx. 9 feet of water due to the recent flooding in the region). I have been busy trying to clean up -- it is amazing how much damage water can do... My first concern is getting the electrical box fixed and a hot water heater and furnace so we can shower and have heat..."

  "When there is flooding, it's hard to imagine how much time, money, physical energy and emotional energy need to rise to the surface to get life back to normal. Thanks to the Colleagues Helping Colleagues Fund, we are so much better situated to move ahead. I am so proud to be a member of the public radio community and so grateful to this fund for helping us out."
Please, if you are able, make a donation today at http://dei.cloudfour.com/node/3830 so that we can help more of your colleagues right now... and so that we have funds on-hand to provide immediate help the next time disaster strikes.  If you'd like more information about the Fund, you can read more here:  http://www.deiworksite.org/colleagues-helping-colleagues. 

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Doug Eichten
President
DEI

P.S.  Your donation in any amount makes a genuine difference.  Thank you so much for your generous support!