Midwest Pagans Send Aid to Katrina Victims

September 20, 2005

Source: PR Web

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/9/prweb287804.htm

On September 20, 2005 a PR Web Press Release reported, "Pagans and Wiccans are working together to send aid under Avalon Cares!, a new aid organization formed last year after the tsunami and now providing assistance to Katrina victims. Paganism and Wicca are growing faiths in America that are often ridiculed and discounted, but, quietly, Pagans have been making a difference for years. Now in the wake of Katrina, they are helping in a bigger way than anyone ever expected. Avalon Cares! has already delivered one convoy of supplies to Katrina Victims over the weekend of Sept. 9 and 10... Chicago Pagans are collecting materials needed to send this weekend to Mississippi and meet up with trucks from Pagans of Florida and Southeastern United States. Chicago Pagans and Wiccans are also hosting a fundraiser, Mardi Gras in Chicago [at a Chicago nightclub on September 21]... All proceeds will be to provide assistance to those affect by Katrina."