Donate
September 1st, 2005 at 7:00 am by Preston Taylor Holmes
It’s a pretty helpless feeling watching the devastation in the gulf coast. However, there are plenty of places to donate – and every little bit helps.
I recommend The Salvation Army. Their online donation form is bombing out right now, but you can do it by phone as well (1-800-SAL-ARMY). The American Red Cross is also a good one – and they are NOT to be confused with the International Red Crescent, who I can’t personally endorse. Their online donation page is also taking a big hit, so use their phone if necessary (1-800-HELP-NOW).
The Blogfather has a good round-up of other ways to give. Read the whole thing.
I will note that Doctors Without Borders, an organization that I donated to after last December’s tsunami, has made no mention of the disaster. Also, I tried to find the United States in their “Select Country” drop-down list. No dice. It seems that they should change their name to “Doctors Without Borders Except For The Borders Around The United States.”
RELATED: Sobekpundit has a photo tribute to his beloved underwater city. Well worth your time.
Also see this post from Paul at Wizbang and count your blessings.
UPDATE:
Apothegm Designs has come up with a creative way to help – they’re auctioning off a free blog design to the highest bidder – the winning bid, of course, goes to hurricane relief.
UPDATE 2:
This post has been tweaked and will be pegged to the top of the blog tomorrow as part of TTLB’s Hurricane Katrina: Blog for Relief Day.
See the Blogfather’s blogger round-up. He’s handing out Instalanches like Christmas cookies! Now that’s charity!
UPDATE 3:
Johnny Walker Red is back! You may remember him from the brilliant, but now defunct, Right on Red. I offered him a login quite some time ago and he’s finally used it. Let’s hope this isn’t a one-time appearance.
Technorati Tags: flood aid, Hurricane Katrina
August 31st, 2005 at 4:26 pm
Truth Laid Bear has the registration open now. Sign up if you want to blog on September 1 promoting your choice of charities to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I am still in shock. I had no idea.
September 1st, 2005 at 12:34 am
HURRICANE DIGEST / Despite war, plenty of Guard troops
Despite the deployment of 78,000 National Guard forces in Iraq and other overseas hot spots, hurrica
September 2nd, 2005 at 11:38 am
Kudos on your efforts to bring relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. There is another way bloggers and other thoughtful people can help:
I have opened forums at http://www.DisasterReliefIdeas.org for the discussion of ideas to aid disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I am not soliciting donations, only ideas. Experts in aspects of disaster relief (housing, healthcare, rebuilding, etc.) are also able to rate these ideas, giving us a means of identifying the most promising ones, which will be shared with disaster relief professionals and persons in authority. Please help our society by contributing your ideas, especially if you are unable to contribute financially to relief efforts.