How To Help - Updated Sept 7

* American Red Cross, 800-HELP NOW (435-7669)
English, 800-257-7575 Spanish.
* America's Second Harvest, 800-344-8070.
* AmeriCares
* Catholic Charities, USA, 703-549-1390.
* Greater New Orleans FoundationDonations are now being accepted online for the Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Recovery Fund. This fund will focus on the rebuilding of infrastructure to provide basic human services to residents of these devastated areas.
* Humane Society of the U.S. (working to save, pets, wildlife, and farm animals)
* HurricaneHousing.org
* Mercy Corps
* Salvation Army, 800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769).
* United Jewish Communities
* United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast United Way Katrina Refugee Relief Fund, to assist local agencies that are caring for displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina. Contributions can be made at any of the more than 80 Amegy Bank of Texas banking centers. Visit any banking center and reference "United Way Katrina Refugee Relief Fund," Account #3601021 or mail to "Attn Teller, P.O. Box 27459; Houston, Texas 77227"
* www.katrinahousing.org (just what it says - volunteer to house displaced hurrican victims

Donations can be made online to most of these organizations through Network for Good.

Please contribute links to any efforts you know or hear of in the comment thread to this site. I will update it as I find or receive suggestions.

Sept. 3 - Tonight's updates are from Alternet.org, and are mainly connected with churches/mosques in LA and TX, whose members are actively working with evacuees from NOLA.

NAACP Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
4805 Mt. Hope DriveBaltimore, MD 21215
Donations can also be made online.

Native New Orleans rapper Master P and his wife Sonya Miller have set up teamrescueone.com.

You can mail or ship nonperishable items to these following locations, which we have confirmed are REALLY delivering services to folks in need:

Center for LIFE Outreach Center, 121 Saint Landry Street, Lafayette, LA 70506
attn: Minister Pamela Robinson337-504-5374

Mohammad Mosque, 652600 Plank Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70805
attn: Minister Andrew Muhammad 225-923-1400225-357-3079

Lewis Temple CME Church, 272 Medgar Evers Street , Grambling, LA 71245
attn: Rev. Dr. Ricky Helton 318-247-3793

St. Luke Community United Methodist Church c/o Hurricane Katrina Victims
5710 East R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, TX 75223
attn: Pastor Tom Waitschies 214-821-2970

S.H.A.P.E. Community Center, 3815 Live Oak , Houston, Texas 77004
attn: Deloyd Parker 713-521-0641

September 7 UpDate - Animal Rescue Sites and Information

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Humane Society of the United States

Noah's Wish

PetFinder.org This site is the motherlode. It has a ton of information about what is being done, with links to other sites doing pet/animal rescue.

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