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John Ruiz
Assistant Director, Systems Development and Policy Administration
Migrant Health Coordinator
National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.
7200 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 210
Bethesda, MD 20814
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Strauss [mailto:strauss@...]
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 2:42 PM
To: Roger Rosenthal; Moises Loza; Michele Waslin; Maria Echaveste; Manda
Lopez Klein; Lalo Zavala; John Ruiz; Jim Ferg-Cadima; Irene Bueno;
Gabriela Lemus; Charles Kamasaki; Bruce Goldstein; Lucreda Cobbs
Subject: FW: Helping farmworkers in Alabama


Here is a way to help farmworkers in Alabama....

David A. Strauss
Executive Director
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
1726 M Street NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 828-6006, ext. 101
FAX: (202) 828-6005

-----Original Message-----
From: David Strauss [mailto:strauss@...]
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:21 PM
To: William H. Johnson; Verna Lewis; Velma Smith; Thom Myers; Terry
Meek; Suzanne Orozco; Stuart Mitchell; Steve Groth; Sonya Hall; Sherrie
Moody; Sharon Saldarriaga; Sandy Baz; Rusty Shade; Roxanne Kubes; Ron
Ramsey; Ron Hauge; Rita Garcia McManus; Richard Lopez; Reid Maki; Raul
Meyreles; Radames Lamenza; Patricia J. Constantino; Mike Micciche; Mike
McCann; Michal Urrutia; Mechill Coel; Marco Lizarraga; Lupe Martinez;
Linda Grisham; Leonardo Martinez; Leon Ortega; Lee Foley; Korene
Gonzalez; Kay Laracuente Washington; Kathy Knudson; Kari Hogan; Karen
Webster; Karen Hoff; John Martinez; John Hernandez; John David Arnold;
Jesus Gamboa; Jessica Burt; Jerry Jefferies; Jerome Weiner; Jeff Greim;
Jack Frost; Hermelinda Sapien; Greg Flory; Gladys C. Baisa; Gilberto
Alaniz; George Martinez; Gaila Fletcher; Eulogio Alejandre; Ernie
Flores; Eloy Salazar; Don Green; Dick Joanis; Diane Swift; David A.
Strauss; Cynthia Thomas-Grant; Corrie Jensen; Clevon Young; Chris Paige;
Charles Tafoya; Cecily Rodriguez; Carol McGowan; Carlos Saavedra; Carlos
Lopez; Bruce Day; Bernadette Herbert; Barbara Thompson; Barbara Coleman;
Art Naldoza; Alvina Derrera; Jeffrey Lewis
Subject: Helping farmworkers in Alabama


Cecily Rodriguez of Telamon, Virginia in conjunction with Mechill Coel of
Telamon Alabama has found a way to help farmworkers in the Mobile area.
Below are the details of how you can join the effort and maybe get others to
do the same. Here is her message:


Many thousands of people are affected by by Hurricane Katrina as you all
know. However, some of you may not know the profound effect it is likely to
have on the region's farmworkers.

Many of the area's farmworkers live in temporary migrant camps or trailer
parks in rural areas. As with all victims of the hurricanes, they have lost
everything. Their homes, their work, some have lost their families.

But the effect on them could be even greater because of the tenuous nature
of their lifestyle and work. They may not have identification and proof of
residency or documentation to prove their income and the location of where
they were working. Growers understandably concerned with their own
devastation will likely not have time to help their temporary workers prove
their personal situations.

The fact that few of them speak English will further separate them from the
thousands seeking aid. If they can't communicate with the aid worker, then
they will have to wait for a translator, and with so many others asking for
help, they will get left behind.

The lack of this important documentation coupled with their isolation in
very rural areas will mean that most will not find assistance or be found
eligible for emergency assistance, rebuilding assistance, and disaster
compensation. This, coupled with the likelihood that there is a limited
social support network for them in the area, means that they will continue
suffering with the effects of the storm long after emergency aid gets to
other citizens in the community.

I am explaining this in detail because I feel compelled to ask you to
consider joining me in donating to the Telamon Corporation office in Mobile,
Alabama so that they can serve those who might not otherwise receive
emergency assistance. I don't expect them to get a lot of money out of this
endeavor, but every dollar we donate will help get one more gallon of milk
or one more night in a hotel for those who had next to nothing before the
storm and now are faced with no home, no income, and no options.

Although the roof was blown off of the Telamon office in Mobile, services to
farmworkers will continue. 100% of the money you donate will go to the
victims.

Any amount you can spare will go a long way in helping to get farmworkers
through this devastating tragedy.

Please make your check payable to:

Telamon Corporation
3937 Western Blvd
Raleigh, NC 27606

and write ALABAMA in the comments section.

Thanks for your consideration.

Forward this message to anyone you think would be interested. Thank you.

Cecily Rodriguez

800-285-1676




David A. Strauss
Executive Director
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
1726 M Street NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 828-6006, ext. 101
FAX: (202) 828-6005