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Hurricane Disaster Relief

 
     
 
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More devastation - this time closer to home. Some have called Hurricane Katrina the "American Tsunami." Listed below are some websites where you can learn more about helping the victims of this disaster and other hurrican disasters from this past season:

American Red Cross - Donate, Give Blood, Volunteer (To Donate By Phone:American Red Cross (800) HELP NOW (435-7669) English; (800) 257-7575 Spanish)

Lowe's Home Improvement Stores - will will match total in-store contributions to the American Red Cross up to $2 million. (Scroll down Lowe's homepage; donation link is near the bottom of the page).

Network for Good - Help Support Disaster Relief in the wake of Katrina

Oxfam America -- (800) 77OXFAM

Habitat for Humanity

World Concern -- (800) 755-5022 ext. 0

World Emergency Relief

World Health Organization

World Hope International -- (888) 466-4673

World Relief -- (800) 535-5433

Church Organizations:

Adventist Development Relief Agency -- (800) 424-2372
American Friends Service Committee -- (888) 588-2372
Catholic Charities, USA -- (800) 919-9338
Christian Disaster Response -- (941) 956-5183 / (941) 551-9554
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee -- (800) 848-5818
Church World Service -- (800) 297-1516
Convoy of Hope -- (417) 823-8998
Episcopal Relief and Development -- (800) 334-7626
Interchurch Medical Assistance -- (877) 241-7952
International Mission Board
International Orthodox Christian Charities -- (877) 803 4622 Islamic Relief -- (888) 479-4968
Lutheran Disaster Response:

Evangelical Lutheran in America
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

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)
Society of St.Vincent dePaul
Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief (800) 462-8657, ext. 6133

United Methodist Committee on Relief

Online at: www.methodistrelief.org
By phone: 1-800-554-8583
By check: at your local church, or by mail to:

UMCOR
PO Box 9068
New York, NY 10087-9068

B'nai B'rith International -- (888) 388-4224
United Jewish Communities -- (877) 277-2477
Union for Reform Judaism

Ask at work - Some large American corporations are collecting (and in some cases - Verizon is one example - matching) donations from their employees to help other employees who have been harmed/displaced by Hurricane Katrina).

Arts organizations need our help too...

Louisiana Philharmonic Relief - Adaptistration, an arts blog maintained Drew Manus, has a page devoted to seeking financial aid, jobs and housing for displaced Louisiana Phil orchestra members

WWNO (NPR Station in New Orleans) Help Page - has numerous other listings for aiding musicians

 

 

 

 

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