August 30, 2005
Contribute what you can:
Red Cross or 1-800-HELP-NOW (800-435-7669)
Spanish: 800-257-7575
(Their phone lines are pretty busy, so I'd suggest an online donation as the fastest why to make a contribution.)
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UPDATE:Liberal Blogs for Hurricane Relief (All proceeds will be sent to the American Red Cross fund for hurricane relief. )
MoveOn: "This morning, we've launched an emergency national housing drive to connect your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available housing online at:
http://www.hurricanehousing.org "
Want more donation options?
Comments from Left Field has this list:
Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW
Episcopal Relief & Development: 1-800-334-7626
United Methodist Committee on Relief: 1-800-554-8583
Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY
Catholic Charities: 1-800-919-9338
FEMA Charity tips
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Other Faith Based Organizations Accepting Money and Volunteers:
Adventist Community Services - 1-800-381-7171
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 - 800-638-3522
Mennonite Disaster Service - 717-859-2210
Nazarene Disaster Response - 888-256-5886
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance - 800-872-3283
Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief - 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
Froth Slosh B'Gosh has this list:
Donate cash
American Red Cross (800) HELP NOW (435-7669) English; (800) 257-7575 Spanish
Operation Blessing (800) 436-6348
America's Second Harvest (800) 344-8070
To donate cash or volunteer
Adventist Community Services (800) 381-7171
Catholic Charities, USA (703) 549-1390
Christian Disaster Response (941) 956-5183 or (941) 551-9554
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (800) 848-5818
Church World Service (800) 297-1516
Convoy of Hope (417) 823-8998
Lutheran Disaster Response (800) 638-3522
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)
Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief (800) 462-8657, ext. 6440
United Methodist Committee on Relief (800) 554-8583
Technorati Tags: flood aid hurricane katrina
Found this piece on the net...its best to investigate where and how much of your donation will actually reach those in need before donating.
ReplyDelete"As the aftermath of hurricane Katrina continues to wreak mayhem and havoc amid reports of mass looting, shooting at rescue helicopters, rapes and murders, establishment media organs are promoting the Red Cross as a worthy organization to give donations to.
The biggest website in the world, Yahoo.com, displays a Red Cross donation link prominently on its front page.
Every time there is a major catastrophe the Red Cross and similar organizations like United Way are given all the media attention while other charities are left in the shadows. This is not to say that the vast majority of Red Cross workers are not decent people who simply want to help those in need.
But what the media fails consistently to remember in their promotion of the organization is that the Red Cross have been caught time and time again withholding money in the wake of horrible disasters that require immediate release of funds.
The Red Cross, under the Liberty Fund, collected $564 million in donations after 9/11. Months after the event, the Red Cross had distributed only $154 million. The Red Cross' explanation for keeping the majority of the money was that it would be used to help 'fight the war on terror'. To the victims, this meant that the money was going towards bombing broken backed third world countries like Afghanistan and setting up surveillance cameras and expanding the police state in US cities, and not towards helping them rebuild their lives.
Then Red Cross President Dr. Bernadine Healy arrogantly responded when questioned about the withholding of funds by stating, "The Liberty Fund is a war fund. It has evolved into a war fund."
Despite the family members of victims of 9/11 complaining bitterly to a House Energy and Commerce Committee's oversight panel, the issue seemed to be brushed under the carpet and the mud didn't stick.
The Red Cross' scandalous activities reach back far before 9/11.
After the devastating San Francisco earthquake in 1989, the Red Cross passed on only $10 million of the $50 million that had been raised, and banked the rest.
Similar donations after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and the Red River flooding in 1997 were also greedily withheld.
Smaller charities that were involved with the 2004 Tsunami relief project went public to say that large charities like Red Cross and United Way were engaged in secret backroom negotiations with each other that meant a large portion of the donation money was purposefully restricted from reaching the most needy areas affected by the disaster.
The history is clear, the Red Cross and other large so-called charities are in actual fact front group collection agencies for the military industrial complex.
Do not give any money to the Red Cross unless you support the expansion of empire abroad and police state at home. Find a smaller trustworthy organization in the local area of New Orleans and make your donation to them".