Thoughts on our trip and fundraising

During the past week I have been left heavy hearted not just thinking about the future for all the survivors of Hurricane Katrina but also wondering what is in store for us as well. Would it be even harder for Dwight and I to come back and face a huge unemployment market? Dwight worries about his job with Cowboy Mouth when he gets back. Several of the bands members being from New Orleans have suffered great loss. Everyone is safe but some homes have been lost as well as most of the organization having to relocate. So we've had a lot to think about over the last week, questioning whether to stay the course or not. Wondering too whether our fundraising trip to Spain was the right thing to do. In the coming days Americans will be asked to reach deep into their pockets and help support organizations such as The Red Cross, The Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, Habitat for Humanity and many more.
After much vacillating we decided to stay the course. So many non-hurricane related charities suffered great deficits after the Tsunami because so many focused their efforts there. The financial support from our fellow Americans is amazing and wonderful but many charities will hurt financially from less support in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They count on donations from the public to survive. Our thoughts are that the children's cancer charities we are hoping to raise money for need us now more than ever. We are working on a plan to tie in cancer victims of the Hurricane with our fund raising efforts and hope that maybe in some way we can still make some impact with a portion of our efforts going to that AND to Children's cancer. Lots up in the air but we are working hard to still make this happen and feel good about asking for donations as well.