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The Salvation Army National Headquarters: "The Salvation Army Ready to Serve 400,000 Meals Per Day to Victims and Rescue Workers

The Salvation Army is prepared to serve 400,000 hot meals per day to residents and first responders in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. More than 200 volunteers, employees and officers will serve the meals from 72 mobile canteens that are able to provide up to 5,000 hot meals per day. In addition, the Army is prepared to move in two, 54-foot mobile kitchens that can provide 20,000 hot meals per day."


Quote Of The Week: "Quote Of The Week Citing concerns about obesity, soft-drink makers have announced a new, more restrictive policy on soda in school vending machines. Not surprisingly, the Center for Science in the Public Interest is once again calling for yet more regulation. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today that the group's executive director, Michael Jacobson, said 'he would like to see a ban on all carbonated soft drinks -- regular and diet -- in all schools.' No word yet from Jacobson on how removing diet soft drinks -- which contain zero calories per serving -- would make kids any skinnier. For more on the increasingly zany war on pop, click here, here, and here. "