Post by Bertie on Nov 22, 2013 21:07:12 GMT -8
"It was a bitterly cold morning Wednesday when the Tacoma Art Museum's board of trustees gathered to vote on some very interesting charity work. Inside sources tell us that voting took less than an hour for a solid resolution on what is being affectionately referred to project 'Help a Neighbor'. The disasters in Seattle have left Tacoma largely untouched, but the sister city still felt the need to respond to the terrible tragedy none-the-less. We go now live to spokesman Ricky Smith, famed archaeologist and world renowned genealogist," the lovely talking head says, looking to a monitor as the scene dissolves to a bright mid-afternoon in front of the Art Museum. A heavily bundled Ricky Smith stands before a podium with a few older officials behind him.
"This hit us a little too close to home," he begins. "The Board and I feel that with the holiday seasons coming on us, and this tragedy so fresh in our mouths, that now was the time for charity. I will be organizing a relief effort with my fellow academicians in our larger sister-museum that was so heavily damaged in the downtown blast. We're putting a call-out for aid. Please. The charitable American spirit is so ready to help those in foreign places when disaster strikes them. We're calling on that same spirit of brotherly love and sense of unity now. Send help. We need food and blankets for those displaced. We need medicine and shelters. We need money for infrastructure. But we need volunteers more than anything else. There are people lost, mothers who can't find their children; husbands who can't find their wives. We need people to come and help us comb through this debris. To help hand out food. To help rebuild.
We're working with locals in Tacoma as we speak to open temporary shelters all over the city. Every public school, church, library, and other educational institution will be given our full support. We're here for you, Seattle. We hope the rest of the world is too. Thank you."
"This hit us a little too close to home," he begins. "The Board and I feel that with the holiday seasons coming on us, and this tragedy so fresh in our mouths, that now was the time for charity. I will be organizing a relief effort with my fellow academicians in our larger sister-museum that was so heavily damaged in the downtown blast. We're putting a call-out for aid. Please. The charitable American spirit is so ready to help those in foreign places when disaster strikes them. We're calling on that same spirit of brotherly love and sense of unity now. Send help. We need food and blankets for those displaced. We need medicine and shelters. We need money for infrastructure. But we need volunteers more than anything else. There are people lost, mothers who can't find their children; husbands who can't find their wives. We need people to come and help us comb through this debris. To help hand out food. To help rebuild.
We're working with locals in Tacoma as we speak to open temporary shelters all over the city. Every public school, church, library, and other educational institution will be given our full support. We're here for you, Seattle. We hope the rest of the world is too. Thank you."