By: Jeffrey Lapin
I am an (almost) life-long Husker fan. Since the Nebraska vs. Oklahoma “Game of the Century,” played on November 25, 1971, I have always rooted against the Sooners. Events like those in Oklahoma yesterday, May 20, 2013, remind us that sports rivalries should be put aside when something tragic occurs. The lives of those killed, wounded and whose property was destroyed in Moore, Oklahoma City and the surrounding communities are more important than the outcome of any sporting event. While sports may keep us apart, today we should all be “Sooners.”
For those wanting to help the Oklahoma tornado victims the best thing authorities and groups providing aid is donating money. Some of the organizations collecting funds and directly providing support and services to the Oklahoma victims are:
- Red Cross:
- Disaster Relief Fund: http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations
- Donate $10 donation to the Disaster Relief fund via text message by texting the word REDCROSS to 90999
- Call 800-733-2767
- Salvation Army:
- Donate online: https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org/uss/eds/aok
- Text the word STORM to 80888 to make a $10 donation
- Call 800-725-2769
- United Way of Central Oklahoma:
- Donate online: http://www.unitedwayokc.org/give/make-donation
- Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma:
- Donate online: http://www.regionalfoodbank.org/
- Text FOOD to 32333 to immediately donate $10
- Tulsa Community Foundation:
- Donate online: http://tulsacf.org/
Nebraskans for Oklahoma
Although I can only speak for myself and office, I am sure that the thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies of Lincolnites, Nebraskans and the Husker Nation are with the entire Sooner State today as you deal with and recover from yesterday’s devastating tornadoes and storms.
