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Victims of Hurricane Katrina
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Cash Sought To Help Hurricane Victims, Volunteers Should Not
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Hurricane Katrina Resources
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.
Were grateful for the outpouring of support already, Brown said.
But its 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 harms 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;
Americas
Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070
Humane
Society of the United States
1-888-259-5431
Operation
Blessing
1-800-436-6348
United
Jewish Communities
1-877-277-2477
Donate Cash and/or Volunteer
Adventist
Community Services
1-800-381-7171
B'nai
B'rith International
1-888-388-4224
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
Disaster Psychiatry
Outreach
1-212-598-9995
Feed the Children
1-800-525-7575
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
UJA
Federation of New York
212 836-1880
Union
for Reform Judaism
United
Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583
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.
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