I know from my main board, Due In October, we had several mommies who were affected by the hurricane, 2 of which had to evacuate entirely (to Nashville and Jacksonville) and one of which we still haven't heard from yet. I was wondering if maybe we could get a list of the people who need help and the people who are still missing, in case someone from one of the other boards has heard something. In Misty's case, it was her sister-in-law who told us she was alive and okay (albeit without a house!) and with Stefanie, we still haven't heard anything at all. We could also list what these people may need (Misty lost all her cute baby stuff, including her cloth diapers) and we're working on collecting stuff on our board, but I thought maybe it could be set up here as well, for anyone who wanted to directly help people who were affected. I think Lisa is the one who is in charge of collecting money for our girls, and has said that it would be given directly to the women and I saw a post somewhere about a place to donate where ALL of the money goes to the people affected.

Our mommies affected are Misty, Erin, and Stefanie. Misty (mommypatton521/from St. Pernard Parish) and Erin (degemama/can't remember where she was from, I think it was closer to Lafayette) are accounted for and safe, although Erin's dad had to go to New Orleans to help with the rescue effort and Misty lost her house and everything in it. Stefanie (paigesmommy/from New Orleans) evac'd to Jacksonville, but her husband is a fireman and stayed behind.

I honestly don't know if Erin or Stefanie need anything, but since Stefanie won't be going back home anytime soon, she probably at least lost a fair bit of her baby stuff. Misty's having a girl and Stefanie is having a boy. We have several stickies on Due In October about what people can do to help out. Listing any other people affected by the hurricane (here?) can get all of it together to help for people who want to do something to directly assist people.

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