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Katrina Victims Donate and Volunteer List

September 3, 2005 on 11:28 pm | In Information |

As most of the world knows, this hurricane affected a lot of lives, and the impact is still be felt by thousands of people. Hattiesburg was hit very hard and many are without food, water, and electricity. If you’d like to donate to the victims of the this natural disaster, I’m posting the list of safe charities given by CNN. One thing I hate to see are people that try to gain from this by creating fake charities and sending spam emails to try to play on people’s emotions. Don’t click links sent to you by someone you do not know. Sometimes the web site can look just like the real one, but in fact, your giving money to criminals instead of victims. I encourage everyone to go to the web sites by directly typing the names in their browser or by clicking links on sites you know and trust. On a side note, the Our Hattiesburg project’s focus looks like it’s changing to help the victims of this hurricane located here in Hattiesburg. Please post your feedback there on what you think we can do to help. Here is CNN’s list, all of these should be safe to donate to.

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American Red Cross — (800) HELP-NOW

Feed the Children — (800) 525-7575

Salvation Army — (800) SAL-ARMY

Florida Hurricane Relief Fund

America’s Second Harvest — (877) 817-2307

Catholic Charities USA — (800) 919-9338

B’nai B’rith International — (888) 388-4224

United Jewish Communities

Union for Reform Judaism

Church World Service — (800) 297-1516 ext 222

MercyCorps — (800) 852-2100

Noah’s Wish — (530) 622-9313

North Shore Animal League — (877) 4savepet

Operation Blessing — (800) 730-2537

Episcopal Relief and Development — (800) 334-7626

Habitat for Humanity — (866) 720-2800

The United Way — (800) 272-4630

Humane Society of America — (888) 259-5431

ASPCA — (866) 275-3923

Lutheran Disaster Response — (800) 638-3522

Mennonite Disaster Service — (800) 348-7468

Water Missions International — (843) 769-7395

United Methodist Committee on Relief — (800) 554-8583

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation — (877) 387-6126

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Samaritan’s Purse — (800) 665-2843

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee — (800) 55-CRWRC

Food for the Hungry — (877) 780-4261 ext 2506

Northwest Medical Teams — (800) 959-4325

World Relief — (800) 535-5433

Adventist Development Relief Agency — (800) 424-2372

Southern Baptist Convention — (888) 571-5895

Save the Children — (800) 728-3843

International Medical Corps — (800) 481-4462

American Friends Service Committee — (888) 588-2378

AmeriCares — (800) 486-4357

International Aid — (800) 251-2502

International Medical Corps — (800) 481-4462

International Orthodox Christian Charities — (877) 803 4622

International Relief and Development, Inc. — (703) 248-0161

International Relief Teams — (619) 284-7979

International Rescue Committee — (877) 733-8433

Life for Relief and Development — (800) 827-3543

MAP International — (866) 627-4483

Mercy (M-USA) — (800) 55-MERCY

Operation USA — (800) 678-7255

Quarters From Kids

Relief International — (800) 573-3332

Relief International — (800) 573-3332

USA Freedom Corps — (212) 348-8882

World Concern — (800) 755-5022 ext. 0

Moveon.org: Hurricane housing

There are also several threads going on in the Hattiesburg news forum started by people looking for loved ones. As well as, a thread about information for people doing a search for loved ones to help them with this frustrating task.

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