Diamond Dave's Thirteenth Show

Our guests tonight -
Countercurrant Coalttion readying supplies to be sent to the Katrina region and Waveland, MS
Clovis and Aaron Funk report from the Waveland Cafe

A report from the Welcome Home Cafe in Washington Square, New Orleans
Filipe of the Rainbow Family and the Yacqui Nation, Deanne of the Barefoot Doctors and Richard the Lionhearted each gave updates on the real life.

Emily & Eric of the Common Ground Clinic, gave ernest accounts of the medical needs in Algiers. FEMA and the local hospitals are non-existant, and the volunteer clinic in the Mosque is the only site people can go to get medical needs taken care of. Simple needs are being untreated and the diabetics, hypertensive and infected wounds need ongoing supplies. The most common medical supplies are needed.

Vincent Scotti Eirene of BlastFurnace Radio, Pittsburg, PA, also is delivering - coordinating regular supply shipments from the east coast. Go to his website for particulars if you are back east.

Supplies Needed: Refrigerator Truck, Spices, Good produce, soup ingredients & grains, large tents for community use, cleaning supplies, sledgehammers, drywall equipment, diapers, baby-wipes, towels & sheets, bleach, rubber gloves, respirators, any medical and clinic supplies, blood pressure devices,

The Coalition will be accepting donations until Oct 21, when they leave for the Katrina affected areas from San Francisco. To donate contact them <relief [at] c3relief.org>
510.717.2123
1-800-486-6862 for updates

San Francisco Bay Area drop-off sites are -
East Bay:
Mama Buzz Café
2318 Telegraph, Oakland
Monday - Friday 7am - 7pm
Saturday - Sunday 9am -5pm

Nabolom Bakery
2708 Russell St, Berkeley
Tu-Fr 7am-6pm
Sun-Mon 7:30am-3pm

13 doors
2422 13th av., Oakland
Anytime (on front porch)

San Francisco:
Cell Space
2050 Bryant
Phone: 415.648.7562

New College of California
766 Valencia or
777 Valencia or
Law school on 50 Fell St
9am-10pm

San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut st.
M-F 8am-4pm