THE GEORGETTE
GAZETTE
Issue #6 - Monday, September 12, 2005
Hey
everybody! Georgette here.
This
edition will be short on news and long on information. The enormity of the damage from Hurricane
Katrina continues to sink in and I wanted to at least pass along the updated
information below in case it would help anyone.
Keep those prayers going, too!
Before we
get to the info, a few quick items:
-After hearing about Habitat For Humanity’s plan to build at least
1000 new homes for Hurricane Katrina survivors, we’re now donating half the
proceeds from sales of my CD to them to help with that project.
-Esther Berlanga’s interview with me for CMA Spain is due to be
published by All About Country this week.
If you’re not already signed up, just go to www.AllAboutCountry.com for the free
registration.
-Finally, my Dad turns 74 today!
You can wish him happy birthday by clicking the e-mail button on his
Fans page at http://www.georgejones.com/fans/index.htm.
That’s it
for now. Please pass along the info
below to anyone you think could use it.
Thanks
for your support!
Your
friend,
Georgette
Jones georgette@georgettejones.com
IF YOU HAVE FAMILY AND/OR
FRIENDS IN THE DISASTER AREA, HERE ARE LINKS TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION WHICH
MAY BE HELPFUL TO YOU AND THEM:
ALABAMA
Alabama Emergency Management Agency http://www.ema.alabama.gov
Alabama Hospital Association
http://www.alaha.org/hurricane.html
Alabama Power http://www.southernco.com/alpower
AL.com http://www.al.com
WPMI.com http://www.wpmi.com
FLORIDA
Florida Division of Emergency Management http://www.floridadisaster.org
Florida Power and Light http://www.fpl.com
Florida Public Utilities http://www.fpuc.com
Pensecola News Journal http://pensacolanewsjournal.com
LOUISIANA
Official Web site of Louisiana
http://www.louisiana.gov/wps/portal
Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov
Entergy http://www.entergy.com/corp
NOLA.com http://www.nola.com
NOLA.com Blog http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola
Rebuilding St. Bernard Blog
http://stbernardafterkatrina.blogspot.com
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Homeland Security
http://www.homelandsecurity.ms.gov
Mississippi Power
http://www.southernco.com/mspower/home.asp?mnuOpco=mpc&mnuType=main&mnuItem=def
Entergy http://www.entergy.com/corp
Sun Herald http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald
The Clarion-Ledger http://www.clarionledger.com
WLOX ABC 13 http://www.wlox.com
FEDERAL
Hurricane Katrina Official Government Website
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml
Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic
Displaced TSA employees http://www.tsa.gov/public (866) 301-7214
FEMA http://www.fema.gov
FEMA Resources Info: http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/resources_katrina.shtm
NOAA: Aerial images of Katrina damage
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2495.htm
NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
2theadvocate.com Blog http://2theadvocate.blogspot.com
American Red Cross Family Links Registry http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/katrina
(877) 568-3317 /
(877) LOVED-1S
Homes for Katrina http://www.homesforkatrina.org
Homeport: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Assistance
http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do
Hurricane Katrina Connection message board
http://survivedkatrina.proboards54.com/index.cgi
Katrina people search http://www.katrinapeoplesearch.com
Moveon.org: Hurricane housing
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
National Next of Kin Registry
http://www.nokr.org (800) 944-4084
NOLA.com Missing Persons Forum
http://www.nola.com/forums/searching
Operation: Share Your Home http://http//shareyourhome.org
HERE’S AN EXPANDED LIST OF
ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDED BY DISASTER OFFICIALS ASSISTING WITH THE HURRICANE
KATRINA RECOVERY EFFORTS:
Adventist Development Relief Agency http://www.adra.org (800) 424-2372
American Friends Service Committee http://www.afsc.org (888) 588-2378
American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org
(800) 435-7669 /
(800) HELP-NOW / (800) 257-7575 (Spanish)
AmeriCares http://www.americares.org (800) 486-4357
America's Second Harvest http://www.secondharvest.org (877) 817-2307
ASPCA http://www.aspca.org (866) 275-3923
B'nai B'rith International http://www.bnaibrith.org (888) 388-4224
Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund http://www.bushclintonkatrinafund.org
Catholic Charities USA http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm
(800) 919-9338
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee http://www.crwrc.org (800) 55-CRWRC
Church World Service http://www.churchworldservice.org (800) 297-1516 ext 222
Episcopal Relief and Development
http://www.er-d.org (800) 334-7626
Feed the Children http://www.feedthechildren.org (800) 525-7575
Florida Hurricane Relief Fund
http://www.flahurricanefund.org
Food for the Hungry http://www.FH.org
(877) 780-4261 ext 2506
Habitat for Humanity http://www.habitat.org (866) 720-2800
International Aid http://www.internationalaid.org (800) 251-2502
International Medical Corps
http://www.imcworldwide.org (800) 481-4462
International Orthodox Christian Charities http://www.iocc.org (877) 803 4622
International Relief and Development, Inc. http://www.ird-dc.org (703) 248-0161
International Relief Teams http://www.irteams.org (619) 284-7
International Rescue Committee
http://www.theirc.org (877) 733-8433
Life for Relief and Development
http://www.lifeusa.org (800) 827-3543
Lutheran Disaster Response http://www.lwr.org (800) 638-3522
MAP International http://www.map.org (866) 627-4483
Mennonite Disaster Service http://www.mds.mennonite.net (800) 348-7468
Mercy (M-USA) http://www.mercyusa.org (800) 55-MERCY
MercyCorps http://www.mercycorps.com (800) 852-2100
Moveon.org: Hurricane housing
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
Network for Good http://www.networkforgood.org
Noah’s Wish http://www.noahswish.org (530) 622-9313
North Shore Animal League http://www.nsalamerica.org (877) 4savepet
Northwest Medical Teams http://www.nwmedicalteams.org (800) 959-4325
Operation Blessing http://www.ob.org
(800) 730-2537
Operation USA http://www.opusa.org (800) 678-7255
Quarters From Kids http://www.quartersfromkids.org
Relief International http://www.ri.org
(800) 573-3332
Salvation Army http://www.salvationarmyusa.org (800) SAL-ARMY
Samaritan’s Purse http://www.samaritanspurse.org (800) 665-2843
Save the Children http://www.savethechildren.org (800) 728-3843
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
http://www.svdpusa.org
Southern Baptist Convention
http://www.namb.net/disasterrelief (888) 571-5895
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation
http://www.braf.org (877) 387-6126
The Humane Society of the United States http://www.hsus.org (888) 259-5431
The United Way http://www.unitedway.org (800) 272-4630
Union for Reform Judaism http://urj.org/give/index.cfm?
United Jewish Communities http://www.ujc.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief http://www.methodistrelief.org
(800) 554-8583
Water Missions International
http://www.watermissions.org (843) 769-7395
World Concern http://www.worldconcern.org (800) 755-5022 ext. 0
World Relief http://www.worldrelief.org (800) 535-5433
THE GEORGETTE GAZETTE
Issue #5 - Friday, September 2, 2005
Hey everybody! Georgette here.
Was that a quick month or what? It’s hard to believe five weeks have gone by
since the last newsletter!
Before I get to the news, I just want to ask
everyone to remember the Katrina victims in your prayers every day and to help
with the relief efforts in any way that you can. A good place to find out who is organizing
aid and other information is at the following FEMA webpage: http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/resources_katrina.shtm. Please also see the list of relief agencies
at the end of this newsletter. We are
now donating half of the proceeds from sales of my CD through the fan club
address (see details at http://www.georgettejones.com/cd%20page.htm). The American Red Cross will receive $3.75 for
each CD that is bought directly from the fan club.
As many of you know from the announcement on our
Yahoo! Group, I recently signed an exclusive songwriting/co-publishing deal
with Cosmic Mule Music. Although I’ve
been writing songs for a while now, I guess this officially makes me a
professional songwriter and I am naturally very happy and excited! Along with their own fantastic roster (see www.cosmicmulemusic.com for everybody’s
names and bios), I’ll be working with writers from all over Music Row –
including some who have written hit songs for my Dad! RCA is really outdoing itself in finding me
writing partners, too.
Speaking of which – thanks to those of you who
made it to the George Jones concert at Lanierland in Cumming, Georgia last
Saturday. Dad called about a week before
the show and asked me to come over and sit in on a few songs. I sang “Stone Country” and “Stand By Your
Man” plus a duet with Dad on “Golden Ring”.
It was a wonderful night for me both on stage and off. Everyone was great. See the website and the Yahoo! Group for some
photos.
Thanks also to those of you who have been asking
about the TammyWynette.com website. My
sisters and I have been looking into it and are trying to help get it back
online, but we’ve had trouble getting through to the current owners. We’ll keep trying.
As reported in Issue #4, Country Weekly magazine
hired me to interview Dad and that interview will be out around the 10th of
October. The big occasion, of course, is
Dad’s new CD coming out on Tuesday, September 13 – Hits I Missed and One I
Didn’t. Everyone I know who has
heard it loves it, and you know I do! If
you just can’t wait, you can order it now at www.georgejones.com. Dad also has an interview with Music City
News that you can find online here
and which also gives me a little plug.
Thanks Dad!
And speaking of interviews, a very nice lady
named Esther Berlanga recently interviewed me for CMA Spain (www.cmaspain.com). They plan to put it on their website soon and
to also make it available on www.AllAboutCountry.com
(a free registration is required). Stay
tuned for details.
Coming up on September 28th, I’ve been invited
to join many other Nashville entertainment and sports figures at a benefit
dinner show for Child Help USA. I am not
very familiar with this charity – which focuses on the treatment and prevention
of child abuse – but it is heavily supported by people I respect very much, so
I invite you to find out more about them by visiting www.childhelpusa.com.
Last but not least, we’ve now added a Links page to my website to
help you find out more about the various persons and organizations involved in
my music career as well as some friends of mine. Feel free to suggest additions if you think
we’re leaving anyone out.
I hope you all have a nice and safe Labor Day
Weekend. Thanks again for all your support!
Your friend,
Georgette Jones georgette@georgettejones.com
THE AFTERMATH OF KATRINA
HAS CAUSED A DISASTER OF UNPRECEDENTED SCOPE. Help is needed from everybody in
the nation NOW to rescue and feed the displaced American Citizens of New
Orleans and adjacent Gulf Coast communities.
Here's a list of
agencies that are helping bring relief to the people of the Gulf Coast
(assembled by United Stations Radio Networks):
American Red Cross: 800-HELP-NOW (435-7669)
Operation Blessing: 800-436-6348
America's Second
Harvest: 800-344-8070
Salvation Army: 800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
ASCPA: www.aspca.org/disaster
Southern Baptist
Convention-Disaster Relief 800-462-8657 X 6440
United Methodist Relief
Fund: 800-554-8583
Catholic Charities:
800-919-9338
United Jewish
Communities: www.ujc.org
Better Life
Foundation: www.thebetterlifefoundation.org
Louisiana OHSEP: www.ohsep.louisiana.gov
Alabama Emergency
Management Agency: www.ema.alabama.gov
Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency: 800-222-MEMA (6362)
United Way: 813-274-0900
America Cares: www.americacares.org
Mercy Corps: 888-256-1900
National Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster: www.nvoad.org
HSUS Disaster Relief
Fund for Animals: 888-259-5431
Convoy of Hope: 417-823-8998
THE GEORGETTE GAZETTE
Issue #4 - Friday, July 22, 2005
Hey everybody! Georgette here.
Thanks for all the compliments on the CMT
Insider featurette. As you all know
from that, I’m currently in what they call a “development deal” with RCA. That basically means they liked the three
songs on my CD enough to pay for the production of a few more songs before
deciding whether to officially add me to their artist roster. I am thrilled to report that the producer who
will be working with me on these songs is none other than Alan Jackson’s multi
award-winning producer, Keith Stegall! In addition to being a gifted singer,
songwriter and guitar player himself – Keith has also produced great music with
stars like John Anderson, Tracy Byrd, Terri Clark, Eric Heatherly, Sammy
Kershaw, Kathy Mattea, Jamie O’Neal, Randy Travis, Mark Wills, and last
(but not least), George Jones! I
love all those singers (especially dad, of course) so I dare anyone to find me
a more perfect producer. You can find
more info on Keith at his website, www.keithstegall.com.
So now we’re trying to find the perfect songs
and I’m working on a few new ones with some awesome Nashville writers in hopes
that we’ll come up with something for the next session, or at least a future
album. Many of you in the Yahoo!
Group have asked whether my dad and I will record anything together. I can tell you that we both want to and plan
to, but we haven’t decided what and when yet.
Ditto on me joining him for any of his tour dates. I’ll let you know when there’s more to
report.
Speaking of reporting, Country Weekly
magazine asked if I’d like to interview dad about his new album, Hits I
Missed...And One I Didn’t, which comes out Tuesday, Sept. 13. This album has already created a buzz about
dad’s duet with Dolly Parton on a Hank Jr. classic (“The Blues Man”) and dad’s
new (and improved?) version of the #1 country song of all time (“He Stopped
Loving Her Today”). Well, since mom
interviewed dad in Country Music Magazine when that song first came out
(1980), I was honored to be asked and accepted right away (before they changed
their minds, LOL). Stay tuned for the
interview street date, and you can subscribe or find out more about the
magazine at www.countryweekly.com.
That’s all for now. Thanks again for all your support!
Your friend,
Georgette Jones georgette@georgettejones.com
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