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News Release

09/15/05
 
How You Can Help the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
 

WASHINGTON - Volunteer agencies provide a wide variety of services after disasters, such as clean up, childcare, housing repair, crisis counseling, sheltering and food. Here is a list of phone numbers set up solely for cash donations and/or volunteers:

American Red Cross
1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English
1-800-257-7575 Spanish

Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief
1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440

Salvation Army
1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)

America’s Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070

Adventist Community Services
1-800-381-7171

B’nai B’rith International
http://bnaibrith.org/

Catholic Charities, USA
703 549-1390

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

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development
http://mercyusa.org/HurricaneKatrinaRelief.cfm

Nazarene Disaster Response
888-256-5886

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
800-872-3283

Union for Reform Judaism
http://urj.org/relief 

United Jewish Communities
http://www.ujc.org

United Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583

For updated information about the hurricane and relief efforts, please visit the FEMA and National Hurricane Center web sites.

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