Your Diabetes Coach continues to pray for those whose lives have been disrupted by the many tropical systems that have plagued our Gulf Coast region for the last two years.  With the many people in Florida still trying to recover from the four hurricanes last year and Hurricane Dennis in July of this, and now part of that same area again touched by Hurricane Katrina as she devastated the coastal regions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana effectively wiping New Orleans from the map, there are massive numbers of individuals in great need.  The economy in southern Alabama has already been suffering the last few years as a number of manufacturing jobs have moved south of the border leaving many jobless and in poverty already.

I myself have been unemployed since April with few prospects in sight for that to change.  As I face even more months of a continued job search, I have the sincere wish to in some way assist those in greater need.  Therefore, I am making you aware of a way you can help, too.

Many of you know that I am a Shaklee Independent Distributor.  I became a distributor primarily to purchase my own products at wholesale prices.  Because of the level of adherence to science and the insistance on excellence in quality control that Shaklee maintains, I have come to trust the Shaklee products implicitly.

One of the line of products that Shaklee makes are household cleaners that work effectively, yet safely.  One way you can help me to help many of these storm victims is to purchase a Disaster Relief Kit from Shaklee.  The kit* includes 1 gallon of concentrated general cleaner, 1 gallon of concentrated germicide, a concentrated scrubbing cleanser, and a concentrated liquid cleanser as well as sponges, miracle scrub pads, and spray bottles in which to mix the solutions.  To donate one of these, call 1-800-SHAKLEE between 7AM and 7PM (your local time).  When ask for your member number, give the number XE93263DS.  When asked for the item number, it is 80936.  The cost for one kit is $93.55.  That one kit will clean and "de-germ" at least one entire "really dirty" house, maybe even two!

We have organized a way for all of our Shaklee Members to provide much needed supplies and assistance to the victims of this disaster through our nonprofit charitable organization, Shaklee Cares®. Originally established in 1992 in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, Shaklee Cares is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to individuals, families, and communities recovering from natural disasters. Since its inception in 1992, Shaklee Cares has donated more than $2.5 million in cash and products to those in need.

Here is a brief summary of what Shaklee Cares is doing now:

> Established the Shaklee Cares Hurricane Relief Pack (#80936) which anyone may purchase and donate through September 14 (non-Shaklee Members, please call 1-800-SHAKLEE to donate). I am proud to say that over 2,000 kits have been donated by our Shaklee Family in just one week.

> Shaklee Cares is also accepting cash donations which will be distributed to those in need of financial assistance. Shaklee Corporation will match the first $100,000 in cash donations to victims of this disaster.

> Shaklee has begun an outreach effort to all members of our Shaklee Family, to try to locate and assess how we can help those in Shaklee who have been impacted by this event. Distributors whose businesses and homes have been destroyed will be supported with donations from the Field and the Company.

*If you want to read about the specific products, visit www.shaklee.net/naturally_better and use the search to find each product individually.

Thank you for caring about your fellow Americans, especially in this time of great need.

Sincerely,

Zona