This is so nice, from a reader:

I’m so strapped for cash, I owe the IRS … life’s a mess. But I so appreciate those folks’ attitude (because it’s the right thing to do, stand behind your President), that I will find some way to do without $50 and send it to them. It’s not much, but I figure there will be some others like me.

By the way, several readers have asked whether I verified the information I gave for the Unangan Energy Assistance Fund. It all checks out, except the one p.o. box I gave for Key Bank in Anchorage was not correct. So here is all the information again, corrected.

Donations to help the villages affected can be made at a Key Bank account titled: “Unangan Energy Assistance Fund” C/O Key Bank # 729681009001. Donations can be made at any Key Bank Branch Nationwide or Can be mailed to:

Unangan Energy Assistance Fund

c/o Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association

201 East Third Avenue

Anchorage , Alaska 99501

or

Unangan Energy Assistance Fund

c/o Key Bank

P.O. Box 100420

Anchorage , AK 99510

Donations are tax deductible as a contribution to a 501 c 3 Not For Profit TIN # 92-0073013

The website for the umbrella organization is here. It has good info on history & culture.