Thursday, September 21, 2017

After IRMA

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WHEN MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE are affected by the same natural disaster, the stories it spins off are sure to we be varied and wide-reaching.

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Collier agencies come together for relief fund

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BY ROBBIE SPENCER
Florida Weekly Staff Writer

More than $770,000 has been collected thus far for the Collier Comes Together Disaster Relief Fund, according to a spokeswoman from the United Way of Collier County.

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Old people

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They number about 47 million in the United States and 4 million in the Sunshine State: Oldies. Geezers. Retired folks. The golden agers, the long in tooth, the ancient, aging, hoary, old-timer has-beens.

The old fogies.

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There’s time to adapt to climate change

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BY DAVE TRECKER
Guest Opinion

The Paris accords have been discredited again.

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Turn off the TV, Mr. President

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Donald Trump is the first president in U.S. history to have been baited into undermining his own negotiating position by negative TV coverage.

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SWF Community Foundation relief fund includes community challenge

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The Southwest Florida Community Foundation has joined forces with the United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee to create a giving fund to move money to nonprofits that can help those in need in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath. As of Wednesday, Sept. 20, $659,000 had been raised, according to the foundation, which also announced a community donation challenge.

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Donors needed for whole blood and platelets

NCH Community Blood Center had to suspend collection operations for four days as a result of Hurricane Irma. Now there is a need to replenish blood supplies. The center is working in coordination with the National Blood Exchange to receive shipments of specific blood products from other parts of the country, but the local public is still urged to take time out and donate.

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