Okay, I’m putting out an entry to all of you because I know the vast majority of people who read this journal are either mothers, fathers, or photographers.
I have a friend in Orlando named Robyn. She runs Buttons and Bows Photography and is one of the best and most in-demand photographers in Florida. She has been pretty much forced from her home this month never to return, all due to Chinese Drywall. It’s caused her a pantload of health issues and it just compounds. Vomiting, colitis, migraines, insomnia. Her kids are sick all the time, the appliances need replacing every 6 months due to corrosion. It’s a nightmare. They’ve had to leave everything porous, since not only it it pretty much poisoned, but it will continue to ‘off-gas’ and contaminate everything in their new place.
Her updates:
www.flickr.com/photos/shutterblog/4725656061/
paperieboutique.com/2010/06/15/made-in-china/
Chinese drywall links:
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/drywall/docs/Drywall_for_Healthcare_Providers.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/drywall/
They and their two boys are in a new rental place, but it’s a lot like a house fire and no insurance will cover that loss because it’s not ‘sudden’. So, she’s lost everything that’s not metal or ceramic or glass. Furniture, bedding, shelving, clothes, books, boxes.. everything. This includes all of her photography things except her cameras. Tutus, petti’s, hats, baskets, blankets, wooden bowls, backdrops, her favorite blue suitcases, ribbon, craft tables, packaging.. everything. They’ve tried washing the old clothes, but it’s just not working.
Sooo…. I’m writing because I have her new address and she refuses to post that online, so I want to start a collection for her and send it onward. I’m hoping that some of you have props or whatever you can spare from your un-poisoned households. She most needs blankets and hats and pettiskirts made for small small babies. Anything with texture for the blankets (cable knit throws, crochet wraps, knit blankets, anything fluffy), and hats and pettis for newborn to 12 months.
Please write me for my address if you can send a box or an envelope or a giftcard or whatever. Thank you!!
