By Emily Grotta

Ike may have been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it continues to cause incredible damage, bringing flood and death to the Midwest. It is too soon to know the full impact it has had on our synagogues and their members in Galveston, Lake Charles, Beaumont and Clear Lake (we will be posting information online), but we know from all reports that thousands of people will be homeless and in dire need of assistance.

The Union is already helping victims. During Hurricane Gustav, the URJ Camp Jacobs opened its doors to evacuees from New Orleans. And as of this writing, hundreds remain at the URJ Greene Family Camp, which is a Red Cross Evacuation Center. And now we are opening the Hurricane Relief Emergency Fund. I urge you to join me in making a donation to this fund today--and urging everyone you know to join you as well.  

As of this morning, close to three million residences and businesses in the Gulf Coast and Midwest are without power, and the flooding is substantial. The people in these areas need our help - and that is why we have opened the Hurricane Relief Fund. As in the past, our donations will help both our own member congregations and the general public. And, as in the past, all donations, less any fees charged by credit card companies, will be used for these efforts.

I urge you to join us in making a donation to this fund today--and urging everyone you know to join you as well.

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