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09/01/05 @ 12am

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Help Katrina’s victims

DONATE TO RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF

… if you can.


Click the Red Cross logo above to make a donation, or read the rest of this entry for an annotated list of relief agencies.

Annotated list of agencies (courtesy of Albert)

World Vision

Relief focus: Shipping emergency supplies and other essential items to children and families in the Gulf Coast region.

Habitat for Humanity

Relief focus: Helping disaster victims rebuild piece by piece and house by house.

Humane Society of the United States

Relief focus: Dispatching Disaster Animal Response Teams (DARTs) to rescue animals and assist their caregivers.

American Friends Service Committee

Relief focus: Providing crisis relief to those affected by the hurricane.

AmeriCares

Relief focus: Providing immediate response to emergency medical needs, as well as supporting long-term humanitarian assistance programs.

America’s Second Harvest

Relief focus: Transports food to victims and secures additional warehouse space to assist member food banks in resuming and maintaining operations.

Red Cross

Relief focus: Provides a full spectrum of services to disaster victims, including shelter, medical care, food, clean water and assisting with cleanup efforts.

Catholic Charities USA

Relief focus: Community based relief efforts focused on the long-terms needs of disaster victims and affected communities.

Direct Relief International

Relief focus: Serves as a private back-up support to official emergency response efforts in the United States.

Feed The Children

Relief focus: Mobilizing and distributing supplies in hurricane devastated areas.

Noah’s Wish

Relief focus: Keeping animals alive during disasters.

The Salvation Army

Relief focus: Providing hot meals to displaced disaster victims and emergency personnel working to aid those devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

United Jewish Communities

Relief focus: Community organized and administered humanitarian relief for disaster victims.

United Methodist Committee on Relief

Relief focus: General community-based disaster relief, as well as the creation and distribution of “flood buckets”—a relief item for those who prefer to donate with a personal touch.

United Way

Relief focus: Identifying serious needs of devastated communities and helping not only with front-line disaster relief but with long-term recovery.

LA SPCA

Relief focus: Providing a compassionate shelter for all companion animals.


2 Comments

Posted by
Frank
1 September 2005 @ 10am

Beautifully done.


Posted by
the smedley log :: Gifts we could give
24 December 2005 @ 3pm

[…] You may also want to consider a donation that will help people who are still recovering from disasters like Katrina, or last year’s Tsunami in southeast Asia. Albert assembled a list of those sort of charities, including my favorite, World Vision. (You can also find that list by clicking the red cross graphic in the sidebar.) […]