Katrina

Hurricane Katrina Donations

HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF INFORMATION

Donations & Volunteering

  • Adventist Development Relief Agency -- (800) 424-2372
  • American Friends Service Committee -- (888) 588-2372
  • American Red Cross -- (800) 435-7669 / (800) HELP-NOW / (800) 257-7575 (Spanish)
  • AmeriCares -- (800) 486-4357
  • American Refugee Committee -- (612) 872-7060
  • America's Second Harvest -- (877) 817-2307
  • ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923
  • BAPS Care International
  • Baptist World Aid -- (703) 790-8980
  • B'nai B'rith International -- (888) 388-4224
  • Brother's Brother Foundation -- (888) 323-1916
  • Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund
  • Catholic Charities USA -- (800) 919-9338
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • Charity Cars -- 1-800-CHARITY (1-800-242-7489)
  • Christian Children's Fund -- (800) 776-6767
  • Christian Reformed World Relief Committee -- (800) 55-CRWRC
  • Church World Service -- (800) 297-1516 ext 222
  • Counterpart International, Inc. -- (888) 296-9676
  • Direct Relief International -- (805) 962-3700
  • Episcopal Relief and Development -- (800) 334-7626
  • Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575
  • Florida Hurricane Relief Fund
  • Food for the Hungry -- (877) 780-4261 ext 2506
  • Gifts In Kind International
  • Habitat for Humanity -- (866) 720-2800
  • Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless -- (404) 755-3353
  • Interchurch Medical Assistance -- (877) 241-7952
  • International Aid -- (800) 251-2502
  • International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462
  • International Mission Board
  • International Orthodox Christian Charities -- (877) 803 4622
  • International Relief and Development, Inc. -- (703) 248-0161
  • International Relief Teams -- (619) 284-7979
  • International Rescue Committee -- (877) 733-8433
  • Islamic Relief -- (888) 479-4968
  • Life for Relief and Development -- (800) 827-3543
  • Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
  • Lutheran Disaster Response -- (800) 638-3522
  • MAP International -- (866) 627-4483
  • Mennonite Disaster Service
  • Mercy (M-USA) -- (800) 55-MERCY
  • MercyCorps -- (800) 852-2100
  • Mission to the World
  • Moveon.org: Hurricane housing
  • National Organization for Victims Assistance -- (800) TRY-NOVA
  • Network for Good
  • Noah?s Wish -- (530) 622-9313
  • North Shore Animal League -- (877) 4savepet
  • Northwest Medical Teams -- (800) 959-4325
  • Operation Blessing -- (800) 730-2537
  • Operation USA -- (800) 678-7255
  • Oxfam America -- (800) 77OXFAM
  • Presbyterian Disaster Assistance -- (800) 872-3283
  • Project HOPE
  • Quarters From Kids
  • Relief International -- (800) 573-3332
  • Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY
  • Samaritan?s Purse -- (800) 665-2843
  • Save the Children -- (800) 728-3843
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul
  • Southern Baptist Convention -- (888) 571-5895
  • The Baton Rouge Area Foundation -- (877) 387-6126
  • The US Coast Guard Foundation -- (860) 535-0786
  • The Humane Society of the United States -- (888) 259-5431
  • The United Way -- (800) 272-4630
  • UNICEF USA -- (800) 4UNICEF
  • Union for Reform Judaism
  • United Jewish Communities
  • United Methodist Committee on Relief -- (800) 554-8583
  • U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) -- (202) 347-3507
  • Water Missions International -- (843) 769-7395
  • World Concern -- (800) 755-5022 ext. 0
  • World Emergency Relief
  • World Health Organization
  • World Hope International -- (888) 466-4673
  • World Relief -- (800) 535-5433
  • World Vision -- (888) 56-CHILD
    • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) NEWS

    Cash Sought To Help Hurricane Victims, Volunteers Should Not Self-Dispatch

    Release Date: August 29, 2005 / Release Number: HQ-05-177

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voluntary organizations are seeking cash donations to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina in Gulf Coast states, according to Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response. But, volunteers should not report directly to the affected areas unless directed by a voluntary agency.

    "Cash donations are especially helpful to victims," Brown said. "They allow volunteer agencies to issue cash vouchers to victims so they can meet their needs. Cash donations also allow agencies to avoid the labor-intensive need to store, sort, pack and distribute donated goods. Donated money prevents, too, the prohibitive cost of air or sea transportation that donated goods require."

    Volunteer agencies provide a wide variety of services after disasters, such as clean up, childcare, housing repair, crisis counseling, sheltering and food.

    "We’re grateful for the outpouring of support already," Brown said. "But it’s important that volunteer response is coordinated by the professionals who can direct volunteers with the appropriate skills to the hardest-hit areas where they are needed most. Self-dispatched volunteers and especially sightseers can put themselves and others in harm’s way and hamper rescue efforts."

    FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates mitigation activities, trains first responders, works with state and local emergency managers, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration. FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.


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