俺们的奖状

还在小学读书的时候，每次得到一张奖状，爸爸妈妈都要给我挂在房间的墙上。那是很久以前的事了。

这几天，看了不少关于捐款的消息，老大和我也讨论了一下该怎么办。我们的想法很简单，捐款要适当分散，让每个有意去赈灾的机构都得到资助，各展所长，帮助受灾的人民，也许是比较理想的。

了解了一下，我们觉得国际红十字会(International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)不错。他们的行动计划里，不仅有短期的抢险赈灾，也有长期的帮助支持。而且他们刚刚开始一个为期十二个月的筹款行动，目标是两千万某外币，大约一千九百万美元或一千两百万欧元。

所以我们最后就捐到了国际红十字会的网站。下面是自动回复，“冲浪潜水员”是我给换的:) 这回复看着就象小学时候的奖状，是一种鼓励，所以拿来挂在这“网上的家”的墙上。现在我们的财力有限，希望以后可以给的更多吧。

当然，真正的英雄是灾区的人民，英勇的解放军，和所有在灾区奋战的人们，不分地域、国籍。我们做的，真是微不足道。希望他们能够知道，我们的心和他们在一起。

2008.5.16

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