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Mobilizing resources & goodwill for CO victims

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    Roy Choi talks about using social media to help victims of the CO shooting

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Roy Choi -- on.

Talk to us about mobilizing.

Resource using and -- will to help out folks here via the social media.

Should.

-- -- seen lots of movements taking place 11 early one that took place is.

-- FaceBook.

Cry to get Christian -- to come to hospitals.

Fans to console of the victim's hands.

Survivors of the shooting.

There's also a crowd sourcing movement raise funds outside of traditional avenues -- -- the Red Cross.

Or local affiliates but to get the Internet with -- not locally from Colorado you can still donate by donating to a larger -- but.

In -- -- return.

Me to you a smaller.

Organs.

-- you.

That -- need those your community.

And beyond that it a lot of people trying to.

Make up her pumping nut.

You're not an event that really and -- made them so.

Yeah it right on in situations like this for people who wanna help what's their best.

Course of action -- their best avenue.

Show the Red Cross is always looking for donations the -- and haven't been catastrophes let me.

You can go to he would donate blood one means that if you're not able to donate financially.

There are other.

Psychological.

Assistance group in.

The local community overall world but are not only.

But this thing people without people work with them -- -- When you can go online to check that information out as well.

-- -- people are just taking the putter he knew it but.

Their prayers and the sadness.

Also there anger I noticed frequently you -- we were just checking department the go in and giving rundown.

The trial here -- and does -- hear me but -- coming from the people on Twitter on FaceBook.

It is.

A community where people come together you either help or to show their anger.

You know Roy on the 58 people manage to survive this thing we've.

Injuries some of them in critical condition and we pray that they do survive.

But a lot of those folks are gonna have medical expenses and solemn you know have insurance and its own probably if they're like the rest their population -- -- down.

Where they don't you know have a kind of insurance that covers all of their injuries were they have a really.

In a high deductible and so forth so I mean if people want to help defray the cost it's.

For the victims.

Then.

There is one of came on pretty quickly get through crowd bright dot com.

And it did what they do is put through the new venture fund and what though Google take a fun involved.

-- convert them over to local charity group that will call the local community through.

Through those means -- helping people pay for their car.

And what a little thing to do.

Time.

Roy joy managing editor techno buffalo dot com at the real.

Roy Choi thanks thanks for being with us appreciate -- -- -- take care.