Update: View the Blog Leaderboard at TTLB. If you made a contribution today, you can also log it there. So far Hurricane Relief Blog Day has resulted in $163,000 for hurricane victims.

We are participating in the Hurricane Relief Blog Day. Instapundit has tons of links to other participating blogs.

Each blog chooses a preferred charity, although of course, I would urge you to donate to whatever organization you're most comfortable with. For Dummocrats, I chose Brett Favre Fourward Foundation:

One hundred percent of all donations go straight to the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation. Deanna Favre, the president of the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation, will disperse the funds and items to the appropriate organizations aiding hurricane victims in Mississippi.

I chose Brett's foundation because as a Wisconsinite and a Packer fan I'm eternally grateful to the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast for bringing someone like Brett Favre to us. Seriously. The 1996 Super Bowl brought so much happiness to the state that the absolute least we can do is give something back to these folks in their hour of need. Since that Super Bowl, there's been a weird connection between Wisconsinites and Kiln, Mississippi. More than one Packer fans has made a pilgrimage to The Broke Spoke in town. So, in a way, Kiln is an unofficial sister city.

So, please consider giving. Or, if you're in Madison, you can even drop off items that will be flown to the area on Sunday. Specifically, they're looking for:

• Chainsaws
• Hand saws
• Work gloves
• Work boots
• Tarps
• Rope, Chains
• First Aid kits
• Anti-Bacterial hand wash

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