Every cloud has a silver lining.

The lunchtime post at Blog for America comes from both Tom Hughes and Monisha Sujan, and the latter says that she is "excited to be joining the DFA staff in Burlington, albeit under circumstances beyond my imagination."

You can find the post here: Every cloud has a silver lining.

We, as a community, have both the heart and hands, along with generous pockets, to launch DFA's hurricane relief effort, full of empathy. I also know we also have enormous creativity and that we can channel this creativity to do enormous good. Thus, I ask everyone to brainstorm ideas to help the hurricane affected regions and people.

Please submit your relief ideas to:

www.democracyforamerica.com/relief

You can also check out the Veterans for Peace Hurricane Relief Page. They are in need of money, trained volunteers, and specific items, which will change from time to time. Click.