Loving Your Neighbor and Mine

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.

– 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.

Also, there's Samaritan's Purse.

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.

Comments

[T-Steel]

My brother and I are contacting some local electricians to offer help down South. My younger brother is a master electrician while I'm an apprentice (under him). Hopefully we can get a crew and head on down. If not, we going down anyways. I'll keep ya posted.

[baldilocks]

T: make sure you guys co-ordinate with FEMA or someone like that. Don't become casualties yourselves.

[Juliette]

And don't forget to set up a donation button and send me a link to it!

[T-Steel]

Will do! :)

[Pat Eyler]

LDS Charities are also engaged in the effort, more information is available here