Mary made a good point below, so I’ll repeat it up here in a main entry.<\/p>\n
If you want to donate to the American Red Cross, who are assisting in helping families displaced by the Southern California fires, you can do so on-line<\/a> (specify the Disaster Relief Fund). <\/p>\n You can also go to the San Diego\/Imperial County Red Cross pages and donate there<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other donation links can be found here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mary made a good point below, so I’ll repeat it up here in a main entry. 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