So, I was shopping in my local Wal-Mart today......

.....(yeah, I know, I know), and was noticing in many parts of the store, little signs suggesting this item and that item to donate to the Katrina disaster victims' fund. Are all Wal-Marts in the U.S. doing this?

After seeing this for a while, I got rather annoyed with having it in my face and was wondering what these big boys were doing themselves to help.

Well, later on in the day, I 'Googled' a bit and came up with this here[/color].

I guess it's a substantial amount, but do you figure it's a tax write-off, or are they going to give the government a break, too?

At work, many of us donated some cash towards a fund that the company has started for the relief fund.