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| Helping Hurricane Survivors |
September 01, 2005 |
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Albuquerque, NM – Congresswoman Heather Wilson today said that contacts are available for people interested in helping survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
“We have countrymen and women who have lost everything, and I know people want to help,” Wilson said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost loved ones or homes. We’re proud of the rescuers, law enforcement, National Guard and volunteers who are there to help.”
Here’s how you can help:
Donations of money: 1-800-HELP-NOW or www.RedCross.org.
Contracting services should call the Louisiana Emergency Operations Center: 1-225-925-7500.
Volunteering equipment or services: 1-800-440-6728.
Please be patient, as all of these contacts are overwhelmed with callers. If you have family or friends who are victims of Katrina who need to register with FEMA, they can call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). This number does not provide immediate assistance such as food and water, but enrolls them in the system for potential rental assistance and other federal assistance, if they qualify.
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff is chairing a Cabinet-level task force to coordinate all Federal assistance and recovery efforts. Resources are being made available through the National Response Plan, and about 90,000 square miles are considered disaster areas. The first priority is saving and sustaining lives, then beginning a long recovery and rebuilding effort.
The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) has compiled the following contacts:
For Louisiana (see http://www.louisiana.gov/wps/portal/)
To report missing persons, please call the American Red Cross at 1(866) 438-4636.
Louisiana Governor`s hotline: 800-469-4828
Louisiana Evacuation Office: 225-925-7514
Louisiana State Police: 225-925-7708 or 7709
Shelter Information:
Red Cross: 1(866)(438-4636)
Special Needs Shelter Information
Triage Phone Numbers:
Alexandria: 800-841-5778
Baton Rouge: 800-349-1372
Slidell/Hammond: 866-280-7724
Lafayette: 800-901-3210
Lake Charles: 866-280-2711
Monroe: 866-280-7287
Houma/Thibodaux: 800-228-9409
To donate cash, please call one of these numbers:
American Red Cross 1-800-435-7669 English
1-800-257-7575 Spanish
Operation Blessing 1-800-436-6348
America’s Second Harvest 1-800-344-8070
To Donate Cash and/or Volunteer:
Adventist Community Services 1-800-381-7171
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 1-800-638-3522
Mennonite Disaster Service 717-859-2210
Nazarene Disaster Response 888-256-5886
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance 1-800-872-3283
Salvation Army 1-800-725-2769
Southern Baptist Convention/Disaster Relief 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
United Methodist Committee on Relief 1-800-554-8583
For further information, please visit the website for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at:
http://www.nvoad.org/
Mississippi (see www.mema.ms.gov)
Red Cross 1-866-Get Info (Missing Persons)
To report missing persons, please email missingpersons@seoc.ms.gov
Use this form: www.mema.ms.gov/missing.person.form.gov
Red Cross 1-800-Help Now (Donations)
MDOT traffic hotline: 601-352-7017
Medical personnel:
Doctors call: 601-987-3079;
EMTs call: 601-576-8085;
Nurses call: 601-497-8022
Non-professional volunteers: contact Red Cross, Salvation Army or other established volunteer organizations.
Alabama (http://www.governor.state.al.us/hurricane_katrina/katrina2.htm)
Alabamians who want to volunteer for disaster relief efforts can sign up over the Internet through the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The website where Alabamians can sign up to volunteer is www.servealabama.gov/
American Red Cross
1-866-GET-INFO
For assistance, to volunteer or to assist click here:
http://www.redcross.org/
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
205-280-2200
Click below for your county EMA contact information:
http://207.157.116.10
Alabama Department of Transportation
Emergency Road Closure Information and Evacuation Updates:
1-888-588-2848 or 1-334-353-6650
http://www.dot.state.al.us/docs
Attorney General
1-800-392-5658
To report price gouging contact the Consumer Affairs Office:
http://www.ago.state.al.us/
Alabama Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
1-800-367-0955
Facilities and Health Care Information
Other:
B`nai B`rith International, 2020 K Street, N.W., Seventh Floor, Washington, D.C., 20006; or online by going to www.bnaibrith.org and clicking on the link for disaster relief.
United Jewish Communities, P.O. Box 30, Old Chelsea Station, N.Y., 10113, attention: Hurricane Katrina. Mark the memo section of checks with "Katrina." Phone: 1- 877-277-2477
Union for Reform Judaism can be made at www.urj.org/give. Information on the Disaster Relief Fund can be found at www.urj.org/relief.
International Aid Global Headquarters
17011 W. Hickory
Spring Lake, Michigan 49456-9712, USA
Phone: (616) 846.7490 Fax: (616) 846.3842
Toll Free: (800) 968-7490
24-hour Donation Line: (800) 251.2502
The website is www.internationalaid.org
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