Hurricane Katrina: How Can You Help?
Share Information
AALL has set up the AALL LawLib Assist blog as a place for members to share information about their safety, whereabouts, and needs, or to make offers of placement and assistance. Go to http://aallnet.typepad.com/katrina/. Send information for posting to sims713@hotmail.com or csiwa@aall.org.
Loyola University New Orleans Emergency Updates page.
Loyola University New Orleans blog where employees can post contact information, look for colleagues, and families can seek out Loyola personnel.
Temporary Tulane Law School Official site.
Two blogs set up by Eric Muller (UNC Law) for post-Katrina announcements, important information, requests, shout-outs ... whatever:
- Tulane Law Post-Hurricane Blog
email (for posts) = tulanelaw - at - isthatlegal - dot - org - Loyola-New Orleans Law School Post-Hurricane Blog
email (for posts) = loyno - at - isthatlegal - dot - org
Donate Money:
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Consumer Alert, Helping Victims of Hurricane Katrina: Your Guide to Giving Wisely, in which it suggests that "the best way to provide immediate assistance [to Katrina victims] is to donate money directly to established national relief organizations with the experience and means to deliver aid." The alert contains several specific tips on giving wisely, including
- Give directly to the charity, not the solicitors for the charity. That's because solicitors take a portion of the proceeds to cover their costs, which leaves less for victim assistance.
- Don't give or send cash. For security and tax record purposes, contribute by check or credit card. Write the official name of the charity on your check. You can contribute safely online through national charities like www.redcross.org/donate.
SOURCE: beSpacific via LawDawgBlawg.
AALS has posted this Contribute to Voluntary Organizations information:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recommended that people who want to help, should make monetary contributions to the following agencies to assist hurricane victims:
American Red Cross
1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English,
1-800-257-7575 Spanish
Operation Blessing
1-800-436-6348
America 's Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070
Donate Cash to and Volunteer:
Adventist Community Services
1-800-381-7171
Catholic Charities, USA
1-800-919-9338
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
800-638-3522
Mennonite Disaster Service
717-859-2210
Nazarene Disaster Response
888-256-5886
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
800-872-3283
Salvation Army
1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief
1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
United Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583
SOURCE: Michael Slinger email.
For further information: visit the for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD).
Animal Rescue & Shelter Organizations
Noah's Wish (rescuing & sheltering animals in US disasters)
http://www.noahs-wish.org/index.htm
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter
http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/
Petfinder.com Disaster/Emergency Response
http://www.petfinder.com/disaster/
MoveOn.org is hosting HurricaneHousing.org, where you can offer free housing to hurricane evacuees, and where evacuees can find free housing.
Other Information
FirstGov, the U.S. Government's Official Web Portal, has launched a Hurricane Katrina Recovery website that includes sections devoted to the following topics: Finding Loved Ones; What To Do If You Are a Victim; How to Help Victims; Health and Safety; and Disaster Cleanup and Agency Resources. Each section of the website provides links to helpful sources (e.g., Persons Missing in New Orleans site, Louisiana Hurricane Assistance, Disaster Help gateway). SOURCE: beSpacific via LawDawgBlawg.
Association of American Law Schools has this Update on New Orleans Law Schools and Help for New Orleans Law Students.
The American Bar Association has created this portal for Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief, which has information on volunteering, donating, and accessing legal services.
The ABA Legal Technology Resource Center has put together a clearinghouse of Technology Related Resources for Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief.
The ABA Section of Legal Education has this Information for Law Students Affected by Hurricane Katrina.
