Dusty Corners Trading Post

I thought this would make a wonderful first post to the comm. Passing along important messages like this is one of the things I hope we can do here. Please, read, help if you can. Most definitely pass the word along :)

This is re-posted with permission from celli. Thanks so much, sweetie!
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Every year, we lose a few more people - mostly elders - because they freeze to death. The last few winters in South Dakota have been lethal, and this year's - perhaps as little as a couple of weeks away now - promises to be no exception.

This Year, It's About Saving Lives - Native American Netroot's campaign for heaters and propane for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations.

A primer on the poverty/housing issues on SD reservations

Right now, a great option for a heater is on sale and can be purchased using Paypal (shipping info in the first link). There's several other options, too, including places that will take small checks/credit cards and aggregate them into larger purchases.

I'll try to remember to post about this again later in case people have money later when they don't now, but if you have money now, it's a really great time to do this. Nighttime lows are already in the 30s on the reservations and projected to keep dropping. And if you're comfortable reposting or forwarding this, that would be awesome.