Taking Action

How to Help the Victims of Hurricane Katrina 

The terrible images of people suffering from the impact of the hurricane remind us that though we are in the middle of an important campaign, this crisis requires action right away.
 
Below is a list of organizations that are doing important work right now to help the people affected by Hurricane Katrina.  I hope you will help as you see fit.

- Anthony

Businesses and Contractors Offering Services:

The Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) serves as the nation's nerve center for information sharing and domestic incident management. At the request of the HSOC - the National Emergency Resource Registry (NERR) has been activated. The NERR stands ready to assist the coordination efforts between the resources that are needed and the resources that may be available.  If you or your organization/agency/corporation have resources that may be made available to the response agencies, please list them in the Resource Registry.

•    Mississippi, Alabama, Florida: http://www.seern.gov
•    Louisiana: www.swern.gov

Medical Volunteers:

The Florida Medical Volunteer Registry is accepting applications for licensed medical personnel to work in the areas affected by hurricane Katrina in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida.  Volunteers can register at: http://disasterhelp.net/medical/.

Personnel can also check the American College of Emergency Physicians website at:   
http://www.acep.org/webportal/MemberCenter/AboutACEP/katrina.htm to learn of needs around the country, as they are announced.

Specific state information, as available at the time of this publication, follows:

•    Louisiana, Louisiana State Medical Society: http://www.lsms.org/
•    Mississippi, Doctors call: 601-987-3079; EMTs call: 601-576-8085; Nurses call: 601-497-8022
•    Texas, Texas Medical Association: http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=4292

Cash Donations:

•    American Red Cross 1-800-435-7669 English, 1-800-257-7575 Spanish
•    Operation Blessing 1-800-436-6348
•    America's Second Harvest 1-800-344-8070

Cash Donations/Volunteers:

•    Adventist Community Services 1-800-381-7171
•    Catholic Charities, USA 703 549-1390
•    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
•    Lutheran Disaster Response 1-800-638-3522
•    Mennonite Disaster Service 717-859-2210
•    Nazarene Disaster Response 888-256-5886
•    Presbyterian Disaster Assistance 1-800-872-3283
•    Salvation Army 1-800-725-2769
•    Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
•    United Methodist Committee on Relief 1-800-554-8583
•    United Jewish Communities 1-877-277-2477
•    For further information: please visit the website for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at: http://www.nvoad.org/