Editorial

At the Daily Pilot, we, like the rest of the nation, are eager to help

those in need of assistance in New York City and the Pentagon.

But we’ve struggled with how.

We are a small newspaper, dedicated to covering the communities of

Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. Our calling and our first priority is to

the fine residents of these towns.

Could our little contribution help?

Sure.

But would it be more effective to join larger, more organized relief

efforts?

Probably.

So instead of starting a relief fund of our own, we are choosing to

direct our readers to those national relief efforts that we believe would

be much more effective at aiding the victims than we.

First and foremost on that list would be the efforts of our parent

company, the Tribune Co., the owners of the Daily Pilot and the Los

Angeles Times.

Through the Los Angeles Times/KTLA-5 Disaster Relief Fund and Tribune

Disaster Relief Fund, money is being raised for the terror victims. All

of the money collected and then matched by the separate McCormick Tribune

Foundation will be sent as aid to the terrorized areas.

The McCormick Tribune Foundation will match 50 cents on the dollar for

the first $5 million collected, or $2.5 million.

But the efforts by the Tribune Co. and the Times are just one of many

aiding our country and our citizens in this time of need.

We salute them all.

The following is a partial list of groups with contact names and

numbers. We urge you to do what you can:

* Tribune Disaster Relief Fund

C/O McCormick Tribune

Suite 770

435 N. Michigan Ave.

Chicago, Il 60611

Phone: 800-999-9005

* Salvation Army

National Capital and Virginia Division

P.O. Box 18658

Washington, D.C. 20036

Phone: 1-800-SAL-ARMY or 800-725-2769

For New York: (212) 337-7320

For Washington D.C.: 1-866-399-2684

* New York City firefighters

International Assn. of Firefighters

P.O. Box 65858

Washington D.C., 20035-5858

Phone: (202) 737-8484

* American Red Cross

Disaster Relief Fund

Red Cross Orange County Chapter

P.O. Box 11364

Santa Ana, CA 92711-1364

Phone: 800-448-3543

* Hoag Hospital Blood Donations

Phone: 949-760-5639