John Gillis
John Gillis
clothes coming
they are coming with just the clothes on their back.
continuous general job public tremendous
The general public has done a tremendous job with fundraisers, ... But this is a continuous thing. We still need fundraising.
continue given graceful proven soccer wonder
Given the space, we've proven we can play soccer. I wonder if we can continue to play graceful soccer when we're under pressure. I think we'll be able to adjust.
calling control people realized suddenly took tragedy
Initially, when this thing first hit, and everyone suddenly realized what kind of tragedy was down there, people were calling me like helter skelter, ... asking, 'Can we do this? Can we do that?' And, we were saying, 'Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.' Then, we took more control over it.
bit lose positive
I think it's a good, positive thing in one aspect. But we're going to lose a little bit of revenue.
becomes fairly willing
As long as you have insiders willing to participate it becomes fairly easy.
playing
It's going to be a character-builder from here on out for us. This game's over, and now we can go back to playing like Brazil.
anybody authority carry cross director document executive feels form help needs office raising red says sign specific
Anybody who needs to do this, who feels they need to help by raising money, must come into my office and sign a specific form and carry it around with them, ... It is a document which says they have my authority as executive director of the Red Cross to do what they have to do in the way of fundraising.
delivered hair kids looked money raised
When she delivered the money back to me, I looked at her like she should be in the hospital, ... She looked exhausted, sunburned, her hair was tussled and she had been hauling those kids around with her. But, altogether, she raised $500. She said it was just something she had to do.
chapter red
We have enough (money) to survive, ... But we still have to keep the (local Red Cross) chapter going.