FEMA has a list of charities which are assisting in Hurricane Katrina relief.
– American Red Cross, 800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English, 800-257-7575 Spanish.Also, there's Samaritan's Purse.– Operation Blessing, 800-436-6348.
– America's Second Harvest, 800-344-8070.
– Adventist Community Services, 800-381-7171.
– Catholic Charities, USA, 703-549-1390.
– Christian Disaster Response, 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554.
– Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, 800-848-5818.
– Church World Service, 800-297-1516.
– Convoy of Hope, 417-823-8998.
– 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, 800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769).
– Southern Baptist Convention – Disaster Relief, 800-462-8657, ext. 6440.
– United Methodist Committee on Relief. 800-554-8583.
If you have any other relief links, please post them here.
It's a disaster like this that makes me wish that I had a useful skill like masonry or roofing or electrical; or even something yucky like exterminating rats or reds ants or water mocassins. Such delightful creatures will be ruling the Gulf Coast when the waters recede.
If anyone knows of a group of people with the above skills who are volunteering their services down South, please post their info here. Such a group could certainly use support.
