Resources to help victims of Hurricane Katrina

Want to read news covergage put out by the people in the area? Want to see the list of groups they think you should contribute to?

New Orleans IMC
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/

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Here's two worthy hurricane relief efforts to support:

Donate to Infoshop.org: http://www.infoshop.org/hurricanekatrina.html

Donate to Food Not Bombs: http://www.foodnotbombs.net/katrina.html

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If you have the means and want to spread your help around even further, here's the Chron's list of groups you can support:


SFGate's list of resources to help victims of Hurricane Katrina

Friday, September 2, 2005

A number of relief agencies are accepting contributions for victims of Hurricane Katrina. In most cases, the agencies prefer donations of money rather than goods.

American Red Cross: To donate, go to http://www.bayarea-redcross.org; call (415) 427-8000 or (800) 435-7669; or mail a contribution to 85 Second St., Eighth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

The Red Cross will be assessing damage, operating shelters, providing food and cleaning up. Two emergency response vehicles have already left from the Bay Area, and more deployments are expected.

Salvation Army: Donations can be made via the group's Web site, http://www.salvationarmyusa.org; by calling (800) 725-2769; or by mail at Salvation Army, Attention: Hurricane Katrina Fund, P.O. Box 193465, San Francisco, CA 94119- 3465.

The organization expects to serve 400,000 meals a day to victims and first responders.

United Way of the Bay Area Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund: Donations can be made online at http://www.uwba.org or by calling (800) 273-1779.

Operation Blessing: (800) 436-6348 or http://www.ob.org.

America's Second Harvest: (800) 344-8070 or http://www.secondharvest.org.

Adventist Community Services: (800) 381-7171 or http://www.adventist.communityservices.org.

Catholic Charities USA: (800) 919-9338, or http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: (800) 848-5818 or http://www.crwrc.org.

Church World Service: (800) 297-1516 or online at http://www.churchworldservice.org.

Convoy of Hope: (417) 823-8998 or http://www.convoyofhope.org.

Lutheran Disaster Response: (800) 638-3522 or http://www.elca.org/disaster.

Mennonite Disaster Service: (717) 859-2210 or http://www.mds.mennonite.net.

Nazarene Disaster Response: (888) 256-5886 or http://www.nazarenedisasterresponse.org.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: (800) 872-3283 or http://www.pcusa.org/pda.

United Methodist Committee on Relief: (800) 554-8583 or gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/hurricanes/2005

In addition, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accepting donations at its 3,800 stores and Web site, http://www.walmart.com.

Several organizations are also accepting donations for animal victims of the disaster:

American Humane Society: http://www.americanhumane.org.

Humane Society of the United States: http://www.hsus.org.

Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: http://www.la-spca.org/home.htm

Local Forums and Resources:

The National Next of Kin Registry http://pleasenotifyme.org/nok/restricted/home.htm

Craig's List neworleans.craigslist.org/laf/

NOLA.com (The Times-Picayune) http://www.nola.com/

WWL-tv http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=16

RoommateClick.com Site offering a service for the New Orleans homeless, free of charge.

State, Local, National Goverment Agencies:

Federal Emergency Management Agency: 1-800-621-FEMA; http://www.fema.gov

Louisiana Homeland Security: http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov

City of New Orleans: http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx

Louisiana Governor's Office: http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Mississippi Emergency Management: http://www.msema.org

National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

National Weather Service: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html

Hydrologic Information Center (river flooding): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/index.html