How To Help The Victims Of Katrina

These are some of the better charities, IMHO.

American Red Cross
Donations made to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need.
Call 1-800-HELP NOW or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).
Send checks to: American Red Cross P.O. Box 37243 Washington, D.C. 20013
Donate Online.

The Salvation Army
"A $100 donation to The Salvation Army will feed a family of four for two days, provide two cases of drinking water and one household clean-up kit, containing brooms, mops, buckets, and cleaning supplies," the website states.
Call 1-800-SAL-ARMY
Donate Online.

Oxfam America
Call 1-800-77-OXFAM
Send checks to: Hurricane Katrina Response and Recovery Fund, 26 West Street, Boston, MA 02111
Donate Online.

Noah's Wish
"We exist to keep animals alive during disasters. That's it." the website states.
Send checks to: Noah's Wish, P.O. Box 997, Placerville, Calif. 95667
Call: 530-622-9313

United Way Relief Fund
Send checks to: United Way of America, P.O. Box 630568, Baltimore, MD 21263-0568
Donate Online.

Feed The Children
A Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disaster.
Donate Online.

Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities' niche in disaster relief is to provide long-term recovery work.
Call (800) 919-9338
Donate Online.

Southern Baptist Relief Fund
Southern Baptist efforts are correlated primarily with the American Red Cross, and with other private agencies.
Send checks to: North American Mission Board (NAMB), P.O. Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368-6543.
Donate Online.

United Methodist Committee on Relief
United Methodist Committee on Relief is the not-for-profit humanitarian agency of The United Methodist Church
Send checks to: UMCOR, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-9068
Call: 800-554-8583
Donate Online.

Episcopal Relief & Development
Call: 1-800-334-7626

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster


Please donate something, anything you can.

Peace...