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Give: Boston Marathon
The question we all want answered in the still tumultuous wake of the Boston Marathon bombing is, why?
Like the recent tragedies in New Town and Aurora, we may never know the motive. The facts will be slow to unfold, and even when the whole picture comes into focus, knowing the motive will not undue the destruction it caused. The facts that matter most at this point are that four people are dead, including one police officer, and as many as 200 injured—men, women, children; Christians, Atheists, Muslims, and Jews; first responders and innocent bystanders; Americans, all.
SNIP:
We all can imagine the aftermath of this, not only the funeral costs and the medical bills, but the living expenses; the quality of life standards for full-time laborers who now have no hands, no legs; the prostheses; even the endless surgeries that will be needed for the young children who will grow up with first-hand experiences of the sickness that exists in this world, but who might have reason to remember that there is beauty in it, too.
Boston’s mayor and Massachusetts’ governor have set up The One Fund Boston for anyone who can spare even a dollar. It’s easy. It’s quick. It’s powerful. And it offers us all an opportunity to help in an otherwise helpless situation. If you aren’t yet one of the thousands of people who have contributed to this cause, visit The One Fund Boston website and give what you can.
Like the recent tragedies in New Town and Aurora, we may never know the motive. The facts will be slow to unfold, and even when the whole picture comes into focus, knowing the motive will not undue the destruction it caused. The facts that matter most at this point are that four people are dead, including one police officer, and as many as 200 injured—men, women, children; Christians, Atheists, Muslims, and Jews; first responders and innocent bystanders; Americans, all.
SNIP:
We all can imagine the aftermath of this, not only the funeral costs and the medical bills, but the living expenses; the quality of life standards for full-time laborers who now have no hands, no legs; the prostheses; even the endless surgeries that will be needed for the young children who will grow up with first-hand experiences of the sickness that exists in this world, but who might have reason to remember that there is beauty in it, too.
Boston’s mayor and Massachusetts’ governor have set up The One Fund Boston for anyone who can spare even a dollar. It’s easy. It’s quick. It’s powerful. And it offers us all an opportunity to help in an otherwise helpless situation. If you aren’t yet one of the thousands of people who have contributed to this cause, visit The One Fund Boston website and give what you can.
The Link to give:
https://onefundboston.org/
http://thisweekinblackness.com/2013/04/20/give-to-boston-what-you-can/
