By now, everyone knows of the havoc caused by Hurricane Katrina. Never before in our country's history has such an enormous number of Americans suffered so greatly from a single-or even series of-natural disasters. There's nothing we can say about the devastation and tragedy that hasn't been said a million times already. To help the victims as best we can, Year One has started the Hot Rodders' Relief Fund to collect donations for the Red Cross relief efforts. Every penny collected will go to the Red Cross.

Year One is in a unique position to quickly and effectively act as a collection center for donations. We have the business mechanisms in place to accept funds from customers via credit card, check, cash and electronically through our phone operators and our website. We have generated a specific part number in our system to track and account for every penny donated to the relief effort, and our system generates and mails a receipt to you for your donation.

All funds collected by Year One and our partners will be given to the Red Cross-there will be nothing "held back" for any sort of administration fees or anything else. Everything collected for the Red Cross will go to the Red Cross, to be used as they see fit. If you would like to help us in our effort, please visit www.yearone.com and click the Hot Rodders Hurrican Relief Fund logo or contact Marci Stevens at (706) 658-2140, Ext. 112, and we can determine the steps required to work with your organization.