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HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF INFORMATION Our thoughts and prayers are with the those residents on the Gulf Coast who have lost everything in Hurricane Katrina's wrath. For those individuals looking for ways to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, please refer to the following organizations as listed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. For Cash Donations Only: American Red Cross (800) HELP NOW (435-7669) English; (800) 257-7575 Spanish www.redcross.org Operation Blessing (800) 436-6348 www.ob.org America's Second Harvest (800) 344-8070 www.secondharvest.org For Cash Donations and/or Volunteer Work: For NH Citizens looking to volunteer in the relief effort: www.nhcitizencorps.org Adventist Community Services (800) 381-7171 www.adventist.communityservices.org/disaster-response.htm Catholic Charities, USA (703) 549-1390 www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/news/katrina.cfm Christian Disaster Response (941) 956-5183 or (941) 551-9554 www.cdresponse.org/cdrhome.html Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (800) 848-5818 www.crwrc.org Church World Service (800) 297-1516 www.churchworldservice.org/news/katrina/index.html Convoy of Hope (417) 823-8998 www.convoyofhope.org Lutheran Disaster Response (800) 638-3522 www.elca.org/disaster Mennonite Disaster Service (717) 859-2210 www.mds.mennonite.net Nazarene Disaster Response (888) 256-5886 www.nazarenedisasterresponse.org/default3.asp Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (800) 872-3283 www.pcusa.org/pda Salvation Army (800) SAL-ARMY (725-2769) www.salvationarmyusa.org/USNSAHome.htm Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief (800) 462-8657, ext. 6440 www.sbc.net United Methodist Committee on Relief (800) 554-8583 http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor USA Freedom Corps www.usafreedomcorps.gov Federal and State Disaster Agencies For those individuals looking for the latest information on federal and state responses to Hurricane Katrina, please utilize the following agencies: Federal Emergency Management Agency www.fema.gov National Hurricane Center www.nhc.noaa.gov Emergency Management Assistance Compact www.emacweb.org Alabama Emergency Management Agency (205) 280-2200; (205) 280-2495 FAX www.ema.alabama.gov Florida Division of Emergency Management (850) 413-9969; (850) 488-1016 FAX www.floridadisaster.org Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness (225) 925-7500; (225) 925-7501 FAX www.ohsep.louisiana.gov Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (601) 352-9100; (800) 442-6362 Toll Free; (601) 352-8314 FAX www.mema.state.ms.us Other Federal Agencies Please refer to the links listed below for information about the federal government's response to the hurricane. Many federal agencies have designed websites dedicated to their relief efforts. Department of Agriculture www.usda.gov Department of Defense www.defense.gov Department of Education www.ed.gov Department of Energy www.doe.gov "Energy Savers" www.eere.energy.gov/consumer Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov Department of Homeland Security www.dhs.gov Department of Housing and Urban Development www.hud.gov Department of Labor www.dol.gov U.S. Small Business Administration www.sba.gov Department of the Treasury www.ustreas.gov The White House www.whitehouse.gov For information about reporting fraudulent charities to the Federal Trade Commission: www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/events/katrina/index.html For businesses interested in registering with the U.S. government about federal contracting opportunities: www.rebuildingthegulfcoast.gov To report suspected price gouging at the gas pump, please contact the New Hampshire Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Hotline at (603) 271-3641, or log on to their website, www.doj.nh.gov/gasprice.html, to lodge a complaint.