Big relief effort meets Katrina

Christian Science Monitor ^ | August 30, 2005 | Kris Axtman

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5844419.html?tag=nl.e589

Above URL has listing for several web pages with hurricane damage.

[WestTexasWend]

Excellent...thanks!

[cll]

I've been looking for a web source on how to donate to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief but can't find one. Any ideas?

[sionnsar]

I don't like the Red Cross. Is Mercy Corps or some other group involved?

[Lando Lincoln]

On yet another front, countries from around the globe have offered ............nothing.

Lando

[WestTexasWend]

Highly recommend the faith-based Salvation Army:
www.salvationarmyusa.com

Can't find a working link to Texas Baptist Men, but if I do I'll post it.

Frankly, I think donating through Wal-Mart, Lowe's or HomeDepot is preferable to giving to the Red Cross, which has a history of withholding funds for "other" uses/causes and is much too PC for its own good. Wal-Mart has already pledged $1m and set up collection points in its stores, Lowes is sending materials and will match up to $1m in in-store contributions from customers. Home Depot will be announcing its relief plan soon...I trust these retailers more than I trust the Red Cross.

[Tarpon]

Salvation Army, two thumbs up.

[sionnsar]

Thanks!

[Tarpon]

Japan has offered to release some of it's strategic oil reserves onto the world market to relieve world shortages, so not so fast.

US companies are stepping up to help, WalMart, Home Depot, Lowes and many many others . . .

[cll]

Salvation Army it is then.

Many thanks.

"O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

YES INDEED!

[tnlibertarian]

...Anheuser-Busch shipped 300,000 cans of drinking water, sold commercially as 'Michelob Ultra'...

[rep-always]

Yes. I am donating to the Salvation Army.

[marblehead17]

ping

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475390/posts

Australia donates $10 Million...

[patriciaruth]

To donate on phone:
1-800-SAL-ARMY (accepting credit cards, may be up to 15 minute wait for them to answer)

To donate online:
www.salvationarmyusa.org

To donate by mail, send checks, earmarked 'disaster relief,' to

PO BOX 4857
JACKSON, MS
39296-4857

Also can visit your local Wal-Mart or Sam's Club to donate to The Salvation Army's Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

[conservativeimage]

The Astro Dome isn't big enough for the state of Louisiana. Does anybody know if refugees will be sent to Denver??

[LittleMoe]

Here are some of the best places to contribute . I gave to Operation Blessing


America’s Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070
www.secondharvest.org

AmeriCares
www.americares.org

Christian Disaster Response
1-941-956-5183 or 1-941-551-9554
www.cdresponse.org/cdrhome.html

Convoy of Hope
1-417-823-8998
www.convoyofhope.org

Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
www.la-spca.org

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
www.nvoad.org

Operation Blessing
1-800-436-6348
www.ob.org



Salvation Army
1-800-SAL-ARMY
www.salvationarmyusa.org

United Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583
gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/hurricanes/2005

[sitetest]

The Knights of Columbus has already begun sending money to the region (including those areas in Florida hit by Katrina), and has set up a special charitable fund for Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts.

One of the nice things about giving through the Knights is this (from the Knights of Columbus website):

"One hundred percent of contributions will go directly to hurricane relief, and all donations to Knights of Columbus USA are tax-deductible."

After 9/11, the Knights gave more than $1 million to families of victims, especially first responders.

So, if you really want to make sure that every penny you send gets to help the victims of the hurricane, you can send your donations to:

U.S. Donors:

Knights of Columbus
Charities USA, Inc.
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 9028
Pittsfield, MA 01202-9028
Attention: Hurricane KATRINA Relief


Canadian Donors:

Knights of Columbus
Canada Charities Inc.
Gift Processing Center
PO Box 7252 Station A
Toronto, ON M5W 1X9
Attention: Hurricane KATRINA Relief


sitetest

[Salvation]

Links to Salvation Army, Catholic Charities on this thread:

AS HURRICANE KATRINA ROCKS GULF, CATHOLIC CHARITIES PREPARES FOR MASSIVE RELIEF EFFORT