Re: For those who want to help out victims of Katrina

Are you aware of any group or agency to work with that we might contact
to offer to take a family in our house?


CindyB wrote:
> This is from the FEMA web site:
>
> http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18473
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Voluntary organizations are seeking cash donations
> to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina in Gulf Coast states, according
> to Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for
> Emergency Preparedness and Response. But, volunteers should not report
> directly to the affected areas unless directed by a voluntary agency.
>
> "Cash donations are especially helpful to victims," Brown said. "They
> allow volunteer agencies to issue cash vouchers to victims so they can
> meet their needs. Cash donations also allow agencies to avoid the
> labor-intensive need to store, sort, pack and distribute donated
> goods. Donated money prevents, too, the prohibitive cost of air or sea
> transportation that donated goods require."
>
> Volunteer agencies provide a wide variety of services after disasters,
> such as clean up, childcare, housing repair, crisis counseling,
> sheltering and food.
>
> "We're grateful for the outpouring of support already," Brown said.
> "But it's important that volunteer response is coordinated by the
> professionals who can direct volunteers with the appropriate skills to
> the hardest-hit areas where they are needed most. Self-dispatched
> volunteers and especially sightseers can put themselves and others in
> harm's way and hamper rescue efforts."
>
> Here is a list of phone numbers set up solely for cash donations
> and/or volunteers.
>
> Donate cash to:
>
> American Red Cross
> 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English,
> 1-800-257-7575 Spanish;
>
> Operation Blessing
> 1-800-436-6348
>
> America's Second Harvest
> 1-800-344-8070
>
> Donate Cash to and Volunteer with:
>
> Adventist Community Services
> 1-800-381-7171
>
> Catholic Charities, USA
> 1-800-919-9338
>
> Christian Disaster Response
> 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554
>
> Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
> 1-800-848-5818
>
> Church World Service
> 1-800-297-1516
>
> Convoy of Hope
> 417-823-8998
>
> Corporation for National and Community Service Disaster Relief Fund
> (202) 606-6718
>
> Lutheran Disaster Response
> 800-638-3522
>
> Mennonite Disaster Service
> 717-859-2210
>
> Nazarene Disaster Response
> 888-256-5886
>
> Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
> 800-872-3283
>
> Salvation Army
> 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
>
> Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief
> 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
>
> United Methodist Committee on Relief
> 1-800-554-8583
>
> For further information: visit the website for the National Voluntary
> Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at: http://www.nvoad.org/.
>
> This list of organizations is provided by the National Organization of
> Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster. Please email EST-DONATA@xxxxxxx
> if you are interested in having your organization added to the list.
>
> Please check with your tax advisor or the Internal Revenue Service
> (IRS) for more information regarding the tax deductibility of your
> donation.
> The listing of or omission of an institution or organization on this
> Web site does not refer to programmatic capability nor does it confer
> any official status, approval, or endorsement of the institution or
> organization itself. This listing does not purport to be a listing of
> all organizations that are providing relief in the affected area.
> Additionally, there may be organizations providing relief in the
> affected area that are not accepting donations at this time. It is not
> the purpose of this Web site to make, or enable to be made, any
> representation to the public concerning the organizations listed. This
> listing is for informational purposes only. Any contributions you
> choose to make from links on this Web site are at your sole
> discretion.
>
> FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response
> and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also
> initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with
> state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood
> Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. FEMA became part
> of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.

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