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Donations -Helping Victims (Pohly.com) Provides organizations for volunteering or donating. Includes "star" ratings for organizations that have mobilized well for Katrina. 9-05 Donate or Find Housing (HurricaneHousing.org) "Hurricane Katrina has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. But thousands of people throughout the region are stepping up to offer free shelter to those in need." 9-05 Helping Pet Survivors (Humane Society of America) "The Humane Society of the United States is on the ground in the most devastated areas of the Gulf Coast. The animals are counting on us...and we are counting on you." 9-05 Helping Pet Survivors (Petfinder.org) "This is a collaborative database linking information from the public and emergency response organizations and making it available to rescuers, victims, and volunteers. During the next few days, groups like the organizations listed below plus Maddie's Fund, Pets911.com, and more will be utilizing this massive, life saving search engine. Special thanks to our developers for working tirelessly to bring this to fruition." 9-05 Helping Victims (ABC News) Provides Web links to agencies involved in helping victims of hurricane Katrina. 8-05 Helping Victims (BBC News) Provides Web links to agencies involved in helping victims of hurricane Katrina. Some, such as the American Red Cross, are only taking money donations. Others, such as the Salvation Army, are also asking for volunteer help. 8-05 Helping Victims (FEMA) Provides links to charitable organizations helping with relief efforts for hurricane Katrina. 9-05 Helping Victims (National Emergency Resource Directory) "If you or your organization / agency / corporation have resources that may be made available to the response agencies, please list them in this Resource Registry." 9-05 Helping Victims (National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) Provides links to NVOAD organizations. 8-05 Helping Victims (NetworkforGood.org) Describes organizations accepting donations, by type of help. 9-05 Helping Victims (RedCross.org) The American Red Cross is one of the most active organizations helping victims of hurricane Katrina. 8-05 Helping Victims (VolunteerMatch.org) Provides links to charitable organizations helping with relief efforts for hurricane Katrina, by type of help. 9-05 Helping Victims - Restaurant Industry (MuseumoftheAmericanCocktail.org) Collects donations to give to New Orleans victims from the restaurant and beverage industry. 9-05 Helping With Long-Term Recovery (BushClintonKatrinaFund.org) The Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund "will serve as an umbrella organization for the three special funds established by Governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and will focus on collecting donations to assist in the long-term recovery plan for the states affected by this terrible tragedy." 9-05 Volunteering to Help (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services) Provides an application form for those willing to volunteer time to help. Matches volunteers with projects on the ground. 9-05 Volunteering to Help (VolunteerMatch.org) Provides over 100 specific volunteering efforts, by location. 9-05 Finding Survivors "Looking For" Posting (MSNBC News) Provides a Web site to post information about those you are trying to find. 9-05 "Looking For" Postings (International Red Cross ICRC Family Links) Provides a Web site to post information about those you are trying to find. 9-05 "Looking For" and "Safe" Lists (MSNBC News) Provides lists of those that are safe and those that others are trying to find. 9-05 "Safe" Postings (International Red Cross ICRC Family Links) Provides a Web site to post information for others that you are safe. 9-05 "Safe" Postings (MSNBC News) Provides a Web site to post information for others that you are safe. 9-05 -Finding Survivors (ABC News) "If you are trying to reach missing relatives or friends in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, the American Red Cross offers some basic guidance:" "You can contact the Red Cross directly and inquire about individuals through its "Get Info" hotline: 1-866 GET INFO (1-866-438-4636)." 9-05 Children Seeking Parents, Louisiana (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) Provides pictures and descriptions of children who were separated from their parents as a result of Katrina. 9-05 Finding Pet Survivors (Petfinder.org) "Our programmers are currently hard at work developing a comprehensive database to aid the pets affected by Hurricane Katrina. We plan to have it operational within the next few days." 9-05 Parents Seeking Children, Louisiana (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) Provides pictures and descriptions of children who were separated from their parents as a result of Katrina. 9-05 News -03-22-06 Massive Rescue Effort Repoorted Successful (ABC News) "Cortez represented the last of 5,192 Gulf Coast children listed as missing or displaced after the storms struck more than six months ago. The effort to reunite those youngsters became the largest child-recovery effort in U.S. history." " 'I can't say that there aren't a few children that may have been missing and not reported to us, but we received more calls than anyone else did, and all our cases have been resolved,' said Bob O'Brien, director of the [National Center for Missing & Exploited Children] center's missing children division." 03-06 -09-07-05 Congress Approves $51.8 Billion for Emergency (MSNBC News) "Congress rushed to approve $51.8 billion in emergency aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, and President Bush pledged the government would cut red tape to provide an immediate $2,000 each in disaster assistance to families and to make sure they continue receiving Medicaid, food stamps and other federal benefits." 9-05 -09-10-05 Red Cross Asks for 40,000 Volunteers (CNN News) "The American Red Cross put out an urgent call Saturday for 40,000 new volunteers to help feed, house and comfort Hurricane Katrina victims." "It was the largest recruitment drive in the organization's 125-year history. 9-05 -09-15-05 Bush: Largest Reconstruction Ever (ABC News) "President Bush promised Thursday night the government will pay most of the costs of rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast in one of the largest reconstruction projects the world has ever seen. 'There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, and this great city will rise again,' the president said." 9-05 -09-20-05 Million Dollars in Ice Stuck in Bureaucracy (USA Today) "More than 100 trucks filled with ice originally meant to aid Hurricane Katrina victims are headed for Massachusetts, the latest leg in a frustrating journey for truckers hired to haul supplies to the Gulf Coast." "The ice was ordered prior to the hurricane and meant for people in areas that were affected most. The Army Corps contracted with a company to buy the ice for about 28 cents a pound, or about $10,000 a truckload." 9-05 -09-22-05 Victims Finding Clothes that Fit (ABC News) "When Hurricane Katrina hit, many people evacuated with just the clothes they were wearing. But for many women who made it to safety, finding plus-size clothes that fit them among the garments donated to evacuees proved to be difficult or impossible." 9-05 Papers Nations Still Waiting for U.S. to Accept Help (USA Today) "Many of the nations offering aid to the United States after Hurricane Katrina — including India, South Korea, Japan and Germany — said Wednesday they were still waiting to hear back from Washington on whether their donations had been accepted." "India, which regularly suffers flooding unleashed by monsoon rains, has a planeload of supplies waiting but nowhere to send it." 9-05 Red Tape for Katrina Assistance (CNN News) "Sen. Trent Lott berated both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and his own state's emergency management, MEMA, for being mired in red tape at a time of urgent need given the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina." "Lott said he has been trying to get FEMA to send 20,000 trailers 'sitting in Atlanta' to the Mississippi coast, and he urged President Bush during a meeting Monday to intervene. He said FEMA has refused to ship the trailers until contracts are secured." 9-05 Red Tape for Katrina Volunteers (CBS News) "From all corners of this country, hundreds of would-be rescuers are wending their way to the beleaguered Gulf Coast in buses, vans and trailers. But government red tape has hampered many who ache to help Katrina's victims." "Louisiana's Jefferson Parish is desperate for relief, but parish President Aaron Broussard says officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency turned back three trailer trucks of water, ordered the Coast Guard not to provide emergency diesel fuel and cut emergency power lines." "Why? FEMA has not explained. But the outraged Broussard said Sunday on NBC's 'Meet the Press' that the agency needs to bring in all its 'force immediately, without red tape, without bureaucracy, act immediately with common sense and leadership, and save lives.' " 9-05 Thousands Offer Housing (MSNBC News) "MoveOn.org Civic Action, which set up HurricaneHousing.org on Thursday, said its Web site listed offers for 50,950 beds on Friday afternoon, and the number was climbing by more than 1,000 per hour." 9-05 Wilson, Johnny - Swimming for Hurricane Victims (CBS News) "Going stroke for stroke with two adult swimmers, fourth-grader Johnny Wilson made history as the youngest person to ever swim San Francisco Bay from the legendary Alcatraz prison island in just under two hours." "The 1.4 mile swim wasn't just for glory. It was Johnny's idea to raise money for charity — $30,000 in all." " 'Give it to the Red Cross for Katrina Victims Fund,' Johnny said." 10-05

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