[pct-l] Tents for Haiti - International Trail Magic

[Tortoise]

As I listen to the various news sources and agencies, the idea of 
sending any parcel to Haiti right now is silly.  There is not enough 
inbound capacity even to get in essential workers and supplies. Money 
sent to the various relief agencies enables them to buy needed supplies 
in bulk at wholesale or less and likewise ship in bulk. One may feel 
good by sending a tent; but just donating the cost of sending it to a 
relief agency will do a lot more good.


Unfortunately politicians want to be seen touring and helping. Media 
want to have their own person with camera crew there giving "on the 
scene" updates with the tragedy in the background. And all this 
grandstanding interferes with getting aid to the victims.  yes we need 
reporters to show and tell us about the situation, but not hoards each 
vying for ratings.  I'd like to see a shared medial pool coverage for 
situations like this; but such a pool will never happen.

Tortoise

Because truth matters"



Michael K. Sudduth wrote:
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>
>
> I received a posting on Facebook today 
> (from folks I know on the ground in Haiti) asking 
> "Anyone have access to tents for Haiti?"
>
> The hiking community immediately came to mind.
> Certainly there must be hikers here, with an old tent
> collecting dust in the garage, willing to part with it.
>
> Or maybe you've been thinking about upgrading your 
> current tent and this request might move that decision up?
>
> I don't have specifics yet on where the tents need to be sent,
> and there is no money being offered for shipping them.
> You would have to cover that cost.
>
> So for now, I'm interested in finding out how many tents 
> the PCT hiking community could offer the people of Haiti in their time of need.
>  
> Magic Man 		 	   		  
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