Where to Donate for Hurricane Relief

[WilliamPitt]

Where to Donate

Tuesday, August 30, 2005; Page A07

A variety of government and private agencies are en route to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina, and federal officials said people wanting to help should not head to the affected area unless directed by an agency. Instead, Michael Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, urged people to make cash contributions to organizations. Cash donations "allow volunteer agencies to issue cash vouchers to victims so they can meet their needs," he said.

FEMA listed the following agencies as needing cash to assist hurricane victims:

· American Red Cross, 800-HELP-NOW (435-7669) English, 800-257-7575 Spanish.

· America's Second Harvest, 800-344-8070.

· Adventist Community Services, 800-381-7171.

· Catholic Charities USA, 800-919-9338.

· 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.

· Operation Blessing, 800-436-6348.

· 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.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082902136.html

P.S. and not for nothing, but we do a fair amount of religion-bashing here, often for good reasons given who is in charge of things these days. But take a long look at this list of who is diving in to help:

Adventist Community Services, Catholic Charities USA, Christian Disaster Response, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Church World Service, Lutheran Disaster Response, Mennonite Disaster Service, Nazarene Disaster Response, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, United Methodist Committee on Relief.

Food for thought.

[EarlG]

1. Hi Will

Feel free to add these resources to the master list:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4508159

Thanks,
EG

[EarlG]

2. Never mind

I see you already did :thumbsup:

[WilliamPitt]

5. I'm too fast for ya

:)

[Modem Butterfly]

3. A lot of groups are lining up to help

These are just the ones FEMA suggests.

[WilliamPitt]

4. Indeed

[WiseButAngrySara]

6. Thanks for the post, and your thoughtful comments...as usual....n/t

[barbaraann]

7. Will, I have done disaster relief (hurricane and earthquake)

and here is my opinion. It should be done by the government. Period.

Some of these organizations do not have public audits and there is no financial accountability. I am not saying that any or all of them are not fiscally responsible but I would advise anyone to only donate money to organizations that make professional audits available to the public (like the Red Cross does).

[WilliamPitt]

8. Sound advice

Elad has a pinned thread with a bunch more orgs.