{image1}The post-hurricane devastation continues, and although Brew City is a thousand miles away from the Big Easy and surrounding areas, there are plenty of ways to help out.
Financial contributions are greatly needed, and the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund enables the Red Cross to help hurricane victims.
Call (800) HELP NOW or visit www.www.redcross.org
"Snail mail" a donation by check to:
American Red Cross
Disaster Relief Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
The Salvation Army is providing services to storm victims and first responders in the Gulf Coast states. 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.
Call (800) SAL-ARMY or visit www.salvationarmyusa.org
"Snail mail" a donation ear-marked "Disaster Relief" to:
PO Box 4857
Jackson, MS 39296-4857
Or visit your local Wal-Mart or Sam's Club to donate to The Salvation Army's Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization, has activated its disaster mode and is raising money to help Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Call ( 800) 771-2303 or visit secondharvest.org
The BBB (Better Business Bureau) Wise Giving Alliance collects and distributes information on hundreds of non-profit organizations that solicit nationally or have national or international program services. It routinely asks such organizations for information about their programs, governance, fund raising practices and finances when the charities have been the subject of inquiries.
Visit give.org to help or to find out more.
MoveOn.org Civic Action, formerly known as MoveOn.org, launched a new web site today, www.hurricanehousing.org hurricanehousing.org asking its 3.3 million members and the public to post any available housing for the thousands of people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. The organization will directly connect evacuees with volunteer hosts, and also provide the housing information to the Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Volunteer information is also available on all of the Web sites.
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