People Doing the Right Thing....

I saw this on the times-picayune website (link). I am so glad to see people pitching in like this. I hope the good people of Arkansas are as accommodating....

Memphis welcomes storm victims

2:20 p.m.
By Jeffrey MeitrodtStaff writer

MEMPHIS -- Local businesses and churches in Memphis have rolled out the welcome mat to Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina. Hotels have cut rates by one third, while local churches have provided dinner and an offer of $100 in free groceries each week for those evacuees who show their driver's licenses or indentification cards from the stricken area.Local restaurants also have slashed meal tabs 50 percent for people from Louisiana. At one restaurant, a waitress refused a tip. She told evacuees if she could do more, she would.Many apartments have cut their short-term leases from month to month and are offering rents of $150 monthly as well as providing furniture.