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HOW CAN I HELP COMMUNITIES RESPOND IN THE DISASTER AREA?

VIEW INFORMATION ABOUT THESE RESPONSES:

• Donate money to local efforts
• Volunteer to provide local support
• Donate money to national efforts

Donate money to local efforts:

• National Organizers Alliance provides donation information about local organizations that are on the ground (http://noacentral.org/page.php?id=75)
• Atlanta Community Foodbank (http://www.acfb.org/)
• Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (http://www.acorn.org)
• Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation (http://louisianahelp.org/)
• Rebuild New Orleans Green (http://www.rebuildgreen.org/)

Volunteer to provide local support:

• Adventist Community Services (http://www.adventist.communityservices.org/)
  1-800-381-7171
• B'nai B'rith International (http://www.bnaibrith.org/)
  1-888-388-4224
• Catholic Charities, USA (http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/)
  1-800-919-9338
• Christian Disaster Response (http://www.cdresponse.org/)
  1-941-956-5183 or 1-941-551-9554
• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (http://www.crwrc.org/)
  1-800-848-5818
• Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org/)
  1-800-297-1516
• Convoy of Hope (http://www.convoyofhope.org/)
  1-417-823-8998
• Corporation for National and Community Service Disaster Relief Fund (http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/donations/index.asp)
  1-202-606-6718
• Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (http://www.disasterpsych.org/default.aspx)
  1-212-598-9995
• Feed the Children (http://www.feedthechildren.org/)
  1-800-525-7575
• Lutheran Disaster Response (http://www.lwr.org/)
  1-800-638-3522
• Mennonite Disaster Service (http://www.mds.mennonite.net/)
  1-717-859-2210
• Nazarene Disaster Response (http://www.nazarenedisasterresponse.org/)
  1-888-256-5886
• Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (http://www.pcusa.org/pda/)
  1-800-872-3283
• Salvation Army (http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/)
  1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
• Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief (http://www.namb.net/dr/)
  1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440
• Union for Reform Judaism (http://urj.org/give/index.cfm)
• United Methodist Committee on Relief (http://www.methodistrelief.org/)
  1-800-554-8583

Donate money to national efforts:

• American Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org/)
• FEMA Donations Hotline: 1-800-440-6728
• Salvation Army (http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn.nsf)
• America's Second Harvest (http://www.secondharvest.org/)
• United Way Hurricane Fund (https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/hurricane-katrina/donate/)
• Jewish Community Federation of Richmond (http://www.jewishrichmond.org/)
• Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief: 1-800-462-8657 ext. 6440
• Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org/)
• Knights of Columbus (http://www.kofc.org/un/index.cfm)