Recently the stars of "Ocean's Thirteen," led by George Clooney, donated $5.5 million for aid relief; other American citizens have organized car washes to raise money.
Lew Pratsch, who organized shared rides for federal workers while working for the Energy Department in the 1970s, remembers that decade as a golden era for car-pooling, when big companies like Xerox and Chevron organized car pools for their employees.
Some organized car-sharing, others took the day off or worked from home.
Just as parents have managed to organize car pools and play groups, they can organize groups of children who walk or cycle to school accompanied by a different adult each day or week.
Imagine if the president had mentioned in his speech an initiative for citizens to volunteer in the Gulf or to organize car pools.
Any cutbacks will be disguised by: a) the furniture industry's collective chutzpah; and b) another side effect of Memphis, the frenzy of events organized by car makers, fashion houses and tech companies in the hope of attracting the attention of the thousands of journalists, TV crews and bloggers covering the fair.
In your article, you describe how Bill France, Sr., single-handedly founded organized stock-car racing as we know it.
The appearance of Fitch and the 1960 racecar started with Lance Miller's desire to fulfill a last wish of his father, Chip, who organized collector-car events.
France had organized stock-car races in Florida throughout the 1930s and '40s, and, after several unsuccessful attempts to create a series of races that would determine a national champion, in 1947 he created the National Championship Stock Car Circuit (NCSCC), a yearlong series of 40 races held across the southeastern United States.
Jews are rare also; they organize the car services now, since the cost of a medallion to have your own cab is now a subject for sociologists.
In Chengdu most hotels can organize a car and driver to Wolong, as can Tianfu International Travel, (86) 28-8544-0553, [email protected]
