RacingUSA helping victims of Hurricane Katrina

I'm posting an email I received this morning from RacingUSA.com, they sell NASCAR diecasts and other NASCAR products.  If you're able to help in their effort to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, please go to RacingUSA.com

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September 1, 2005

Tuesday night, as I watched the sheer devastation of hurricane Katrina on television, I couldn’t help but reflect on my first and only personal encounter with a Category 4 hurricane – Carla, in 1961. I was 13 years old – the hurricane passed over our home – and the devastation along the Texas Gulf Coast was something I’ll never forget.

In retrospect, Carla was no more than a blemish on Katrina’s face. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been indelibly changed forever. I went to bed Tuesday night knowing that I had to do something.

The first thing my wife and I did was to write a check to the Red Cross.

But, that didn’t seem to be enough.

Next, I announced to our associates that the company would match any donation they made to the Red Cross.

But, I still wasn’t satisfied. I wanted RacingUSA.com to do something extraordinary to assist in the relief efforts.

That’s why I’m writing this urgent plea to you. I need your help!

Today, through Sunday, September 11 (the 44th anniversary of hurricane Carla and the 4th anniversary of the terrorist bombings in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia), we’re going to donate 20% of all sales of in-stock merchandise to the Red Cross.

In addition, I promise to send all of our clients who purchase in-stock merchandise from RacingUSA.com during this campaign a copy of our check and a personal letter acknowledging the amount we donated in their honor to the Red Cross.

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that the damaged areas are in NASCAR Country. This is an opportunity for the entire RacingUSA.com family of clients, vendors, drivers, teams, and associates to do something together that we could never do alone.

Our goal is to write a check for more than $25,000.00 to the Red Cross. It’s a challenging goal, but more than achievable if just 10% of our clients purchase a hat or a shirt, not to mention a jacket or a diecast car.

In closing, I understand that these are hard times for many of our clients. If you decide that you can’t financially participate in this campaign, I fully understand. As an alternative, please consider making a donation of blood to the Red Cross – even before this catastrophic event, it was in short supply.

Thanks in advance for anything you decide to do.

David Carrington
President
RacingUSA.com