I've been around on DKos for a couple of years now, mostly a lurker, sometimes a commenter, but this is my first diary. I work for a San Francisco Bay Area company called B&B Industries, and we rent refrigerators to college kids.  We are in a position to donate several hundred mini-fridges to victims of Hurricane Katrina.  We are working with a D.A.R.E. America shelter (in Houston) to help them place victims in more long-term housing. Many of these make-shift "homes" don't have basic necessities like refrigerators.

We already have a list of 185 families waiting to receive their fridges.  We have organized volunteers to load/unload the fridges on both ends of the route.  We've even raised the money to pay for the gas, and we have a driver, so all we need is the truck (we're looking for a 24 foot truck).    

We have sent out email after email, made hundreds of phone calls, and we hate the thought of these fridges sitting here in our warehouse instead of helping people who are waiting for them!

Please stick with me on the flip