Fwd: [Fwd: OCAP appeals]

Bonnie Briggs (s248_1132@hotmail.com)
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 10:43:59 PST 

Hi all,
  Can you help these people out? They're going to need our help to get 
through the winter. Also, OCAP needs our help to pay the costs incurred 
during the trip to Ottawa. Fight and resist!
Bonnie
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>----------forwarded message----------
>  TWO APPEALS FROM OCAP
>
>  1.      Homeless Couple Needs Help to Survive Winter
>
>  Two homeless OCAP members are camped out in the Don Valley.  Unable to
>  access (or in any case endure) the shelter system, they have erected a
>  shelter for the winter that will give them some protection from the
>  weather.  They urgently need the following supplies.
>
>  Batteries (D and AA)
>  Bottled water
>  Wheel Barrow
>  Large steel pot and frying pan
>  Baking powder, sugar and flour
>  Salt
>  Nails (all sizes)
>  Canned milk and meat
>  Wood for burning and building
>  Pink insulation
>  Snowboots (sizes 12 and 8)
>  Large and medium winter parkas
>  Thermal underwear and socks
>  Candles
>  Canadian Tire money
>
>  Please call OCAP at (416) 925-6939 if you can help
>
>  2.      Cash Donations Needed Around Recent Ottawa Action
>
>  At OCAP's recent action on Parliament Hill, in which pepper spray was
>used
>  for the first time in Canadian History at that revered location, a
>young
>  man was arrested by the RCMP.  He is accused of spitting on the shield
>of a
>  riot cop.  This seems a little unsporting when you consider their
>readiness
>  to drench us in gallons of pepper spray. However, OCAP had to put up a
>  $500.00 cash bail to obtain his release.  With other costs we incurred,
>we
>  are probably looking at an outstanding negative balance of some
>$3500.00
>  for the event as a whole.  We badly need to cover off these expenses
>and
>  appeal to supporters to help us meet these costs.
>
>  Please send donations to OCAP at 249 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, M5A
>2R9
>
>
>            Thanks

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