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September 1, 2005
How to Help Hurricane Katrina Victims
Hurricane Katrina has left countless people in the Delta injured, homeless, and without basic resources. Brown University’s Office of Chaplains and Religious Life (OCRL) joins with many around the country who are praying for the citizens of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida during this difficult time of grief and loss.
The human and physical devastation witnessed this past week calls for our response. OCRL and the Swearer Center for Public Service are encouraging people to consider giving to reputable relief efforts. A partial list of relief organizations posted on the New York Times website this week is provided here. OCRL will continue to add other interfaith relief organizations. Locally, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank is collecting funds to transport food and supplies to food bank warehouses, which will serve as distribution centers for the affected communities.
In addition, OCRL and the Swearer Center are interested in developing a conversation about how members of the Brown community, individually and collectively, can respond to this tragedy as the relief efforts progress. If you would like to be included, Rabbi Alan Flam (Alan_Flam@Brown.edu), a Swearer Center Senior Fellow and OCRL Senior Associate University Chaplain, is organizing this conversation.
Relief Organizations:
Charity Navigator: charitynavigator.org
Information on various charities and ways to donate to the relief effort.
Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW or www.redcross.org
AmeriCares: americares.org
United Jewish Communities Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund: www.ujc.org
Episcopal Relief & Development: 1-800-334-7626 or www.er-d.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief: 1-800-554-8583 or gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/hurricanes/2005
Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY or www.salvationarmyusa.org
Catholic Charities: 1-800-919-9338 or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
FEMA Charity tips: www.fema.gov/rrr/help2.shtm
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: www.nvoad.org
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: www.la-spca.org
Operation Blessing: 1-800-436-6348 or www.ob.org
America 's Second Harvest: 1-800-344-8070 or www.secondharvest.org
Adventist Community Services: 1-800-381-7171 or www.adventist.communityservices.org
Christian Disaster Response: 1-941-956-5183 or 1-941-551-9554 or www.cdresponse.org/cdrhome.html
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: 1-800-848-5818 or www.crwrc.org
Church World Service: 1-800-297-1516 or www.churchworldservice.org
Convoy of Hope: 1-417-823-8998 or www.convoyofhope.org
Lutheran Disaster Response: 1-800-638-3522 or www.elca.org/disaster
Mennonite Disaster Service: 1-717-859-2210 or www.mds.mennonite.net
Nazarene Disaster Response: 1-888-256-5886 or www.nazarenedisasterresponse.org
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: 1-800-872-3283 or www.pcusa.org/pda
Southern Baptist Convention - Disaster Relief: 1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440 or www.namb.net
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