Back                                            New Orleans needs our help:
Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore just east of New Orleans and though the city missed the storm surge and the eye wall it didn't escape extreme, no catastrophic damage. The flooding that has devastated New Orleans came when the levees along Lake Pontchartrain were breached.
The Mayor of New Orleans said on 8/31 that possibly thousands have died. There is no way of knowing at this time exactly how many lives have been lost to Katrina and we can't do anything for them now except find them, bury them and pray for their souls. What we can and must do now is help the living. When our fellow man needs our help we must, if we consider ourselves human, go to their aid.
I have watched, with tears in my eyes, as people were pulled to safety only to tell of friends and loved ones who will never be saved. They told of dead or missing relatives, neighbors and friends. I saw photos of bodies floating in the polluted water that covers most of the city. Their homes are gone, their neighborhoods gone, and for most their lives are gone.
New Orleans isn't alone. This scenario is playing out in many, many cities and towns through out the south. And our fellow man needs our help.
We did a fantastic job when we came to the aid of the victims of the Tsunami in South-East Asia. Let's do no less for our own.            Al..
Below are some web sites where you can go to donate time or money.
Be careful there are sure to be a lot a con artists trying to make money from the suffering of others. So make sure you are donating to a legitimate organization. Don't donate to anyone who contacts you. Never give cash and check the organizations that you are donating to. You can check them at   BBB Wise Giving Alliance.
AmeriCares 88 Hamilton Ave Stamford, CT 06902 800-486-4357	ADRA International 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 800-424-ADRA (2372)
American Friends Service Committee 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-241-7050	American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. P.O. Box 321 847A Second Avenue New York, New York 10017 212-885-0832
American Jewish World Service 45 W. 36th St., 10th Fl. New York, NY 10018 212-736-2597	American Red Cross International Response Fund 2025 E St. NW Washington, DC 20006 800-HELP-NOW
Baptist World Aid Asia Tidal Waves 405 North Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 703 790 8980	Baptist World Aid 405 North Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 703 790 8980
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee      (CRWRC) 2850 Kalamazoo Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI, 49560 800-55-CRWRC	Church World Service PO Box 968 Elkhart, IN 46515 800-297-1516
Direct Relief International 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-964-4767	Episcopal Relief and Development 815 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 800-334-7626, ext. 5129
Food for the Hungry, Inc. 1224 E. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85034 800-2-HUNGERS	Habitat for Humanity International 121 Habitat St Americus, GA 31709 229-924-6935
International Aid 17011 W. Hickory Spring Lake, MI 49456 800-968-7490	International Medical Corps 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90404-1950 800-481-4462
International Orthodox Christian Charities:          110 West Road, Suite 360                                   Baltimore, Maryland 21204 U.S.A. Phone: (410) 243-9820 — Fax: (410) 243-9824	International Relief Teams Asia Earthquake/Floods 3547 Camino Del Rio South, Suite C San Diego, CA 92108 619-284-7979
International Rescue Committee PO Box 5058 Hagerstown, MD 21741-9874 877-REFUGEE or 733-8433	Latter-Day Saint Charities Welfare Services Emergency Response 50 East North Temple Street, Room 701 Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-6800 801-240-3544
Lutheran World Relief 700 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21230 410-230-2700	MAP International P.O. Box 215000 Brunswick, GA 31521 800-225-8550
Mercy Corps PO Box 2669 Portland, OR 97208-2669 800-852-2100	Operation Blessing International 977 Centerville Turnpike Virginia Beach, VA 23463 1-800-730-2537
Operation USA 8320 Melrose Ave. #200 Los Angeles, CA 90069 800-678-8876	Oxfam America PO Box 1211 Albert Lea, MN 56007-1211 800-77-OXFAM
Project Concern International 5151 Murphy Canyon Road Suite 320 San Diego, CA 92123 858-279-9690	US Fund for UNICEF General Emergency Fund 333 E. 38th Street New York, NY 10016 800-4-UNICEF
World Concern 19303 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, WA 98133 800-755-5022	World Emergency Relief 2270-D Camino Vida Roble Carlsbad, CA 92009 760-930-8001
For news of Katrina and the clean up and relieve efforts see sites below:
Associated Press	Comcast
CNN	The New York Times
U. S. A. Today	The Washington Post