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HURRICANE KATRINA

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast communities of the United States on August 29th, leaving behind complete devastation to coastal towns and communities. The city of New Orleans has been flooded and the needs of survivors are dire. Relief food and aid are beginning to arrive in these communities, but much help will be needed in the weeks and months ahead. Lives and livelihoods have been uprooted and destroyed. We hope you can join with us to aid them with rebuilding and healing.

TWTF works to support Direct Relief International which has pledged an initial $250,000 in cash, as well as, all of the urgently needed medecines, medical supplies and personal care items that they have in their current inventory.

America's Second Harvest is also working to get much needed food and water to these areas. As of today (Sep 2) they have been able to send 37 trucks with food and water and have raised $1.5 Million.

TWTF also supports Habitat for Humanity which has launched an appeal for donations and volunteers to help rebuild the thousands of homes destroyed. Habitat team members will assess the damage, provide what assistance they can, and make short- and long-term plans for rebuilding.

You can donate via the White Tree Fund. Click the button and use a credit card or your PayPal© account if you have one. Use the "Payment for" field to specify "Hurricane Katrina Relief." 100% of all donations received will be forwarded to relief efforts. If you have any questions feel free to ask .

You can also donate directly to:

Direct Relief International

Habitat for Humanity

America's Second Harvest

American Red Cross


Additional Information

Sep 6/05:
CNN Interview with Mayor Ray Nagin - Even if you've read or heard the Mayor of New Orleans, his words deserve another reading.

Kathryn Cramer's Blog instructions on how to find out which buildings are under water - These instructions should help if you need to determine whether a residence or building is under water, and other good entries toward the bottom of the page.

MIssing and Found page on Wikipedia - Resource for reporting missing and found persons.

Neworleans.indymedia.org - Independent media site with breaking news from New Orleans.

Relocation

  • HurricaneHousing.org - from MoveOn.org to help offer housing and find housing.
  • KatrinaShelter.com - from the good folks at Wikipedia. You can click on the interactive map and find information from people who can provide shelter to hurricane survivors.
  • Craigslist temporary housing list - Also resources listed for different areas.
  • Project Assimilate - a service for matching displaced persons with those offering shelter
  • Recovery Relocation Advice - includes call for collaboration on building temporary shelters, advice on unemployment benefits, communications and relocation
  • The Belfast Co-op - residents in Maine and the MidCoast area can donate money and food items. Call (207)338-2532. Or fax: (207)-338-5234
  • Episcopal Relief and Development is coming together with churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to raise funds for survivors in those states. The money will go directly to those in need. Make donations to: ERD c/o US Hurricane Fund, PO 12043, Newark, NJ 0710.

We wil continue to update this list. Please email us if you have information you would like us to post.

Sep 3/05:
Many people have been relocated to surrounding cities and states. Of course cash donations are needed and appreciated. But even more than this, if you are in one of these cities (like Houston) we are appealing to you to please consider opening your home to a family, especially those with young children and elderly people. It will be many weeks before the situation in the areas destroyed by Katrina can be assessed, and even more weeks before they can be rebuilt. If you can, please consider this means of helping. We are looking into resources for assisting with relocation and we will post them as soon as we find them. If you know of any organizations that we can post up here, please email us.

Additional Resources

*** If you need help finding family and loved ones:

For local information see CNN's list.

For the most comprehensive, up-to-date information: