I'm just trying to help people who are sick, and really that's our focus.

I didn't have to [start playing again]. But I did it with the benefit of trying to help an organization to get back on their feet. And the gratitude that was given? It was 'your service is no longer wanted or needed.' So I felt like I was used in a sense.

What we're trying to do here at Kwanzaa is, we want people to know, to get a touch of Africa, here in the United States, here in New York City.

to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off as slow as possible.

We are trying to make this affordable. We have a need-based financial aid system that will help those who can't afford a tablet PC.

The Red Cross officials were telling people not to just show up there to help-probably because they were trying to evacuate people and didn't want others coming in,