Welcome to New Orleans's Good 'Ol Times, French Quarter's Carnival!
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In Good or Bad Times, Let the New Orleans's Jazz Spirit Live on!
New Orleans, The New Carnival of Care & Outpouring Love!
Katrina Karnival Relief Efforts: Remember the good ol Times, Remember the New Orleans People!
AlldisasterRelief: Hurricane Katrina Relief for Reconstruction of Lives & Businesses
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Thursday, September 08, 2005
Friday, September 02, 2005
List of Organizations Accepting Contributions and Donations for Katrina Relief
Catholic Charities USA, 1-800-919-9338, Hurricane Katrina, P.O. Box 25168, Alexandria, VA 22313-9788. You can donate at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.
Christian Contractors Association, 1-800-278-7703, 2009 S Broad St., Brooksville, FL 34604. You can donate at www.ccaministry.org.
Church World Service, 1-800-297-1516, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN, 46515. You can donate at www.churchworldservice.org.
Convoy of Hope, 1-417-823-8998, 330 S Patterson, Springfield, MO 65802. You can donate at www.convoyofhope.org.
Episcopal Relief and Development/U.S. Hurricane Relief Fund, 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129, P.O. Box 12043, Newark, NJ, 07101-5043. You can donate at www.er-d.org.
Florida Baptist Convention, 1-800-226-8584, Attention: Baptist Men's Department, Hurricane Disaster Relief, 1230 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32207.
Florida Conference United Church of Christ, 407-835-7501, 924 N. Magnolia Ave., Suite 250, Orlando, FL 32803.
Islamic Circle of North America, 718-658-7028, 166-26, 89th Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432. You can donate at www.icna.org.
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, Inc., 225-342-7000, 1201 North Third St., Suite 7-240, P.O. Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095. You can donate at www.louisiana.gov.
Lutheran Disaster Response, 1-800-638-3522, 8765 W. Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631. You can donate at www.elca.org.
Mennonite Disaster Service, 717-859-2210, 1018 Main St., Akron, PA 17501. You can donate at www.mds.mennonite.net.
Presbyterian Church, 1-800-872-3283, Attention: PCUSA, Individual Remittance Processing, P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15624-3700. Write on check: #000169. You can donate at www.pcusa.org.
Salvation Army, 1-800-725-2769, Salvation Army Headquarters, P.O. Box 269, Alexandria, VA 22313. If you send a check, note "Katrina Disaster relief." You can donate at www.salvationarmyusa.org.
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, 770-410-6133, P.O. Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368-6543. If you send a check, make it payable to North American Mission Board. You can donate at www.namb.net/dr.
United Way, Tampa Bay 813-274-0900 or 727-535-3545, 1000 N. Ashley Drive Suite 800, Tampa, FL, 33602. You can donate at www.uwtb.org.
United Jewish Communities, 877-277-2477 or P.O. Box 30, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113. Mark donations "Attention: Hurricane Katrina." You can donate at www.ujc.org.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Faces of Compassion: Former Presidents Bush and Clinton
Both former presidents did a good job drumming up support for the victims of the Asian tsunami. Now they are being called up to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
They'll suit up to help their fellow men and women. They know how to get the job done.
New Orleans Memories will live on: Floods and Heartache Can't Take Them Away
The music is not silent.
It lives in our hearts.
The light may be off
The good 'ol days lived at New Orleans
Are still vivid in my mind
I remember the late stroll
in the French quarter now deserted
The jazz music may be gone for now
The musicians may be flooded out
The artists may have lost their cherised works
The compositions may be wet
The tap shoes may be carried away by waves of despair
But the music will go on.
Long after the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
The memories of these August days may last.
But they will not take away the fun of living
New Orleans's Heritage, Fun, Culture, Jazz Must Be Preserved: How You Can Help
Donations are the first step in aid. Here's a list of the organizations you can send cash to. Turn to the Internet to do so. Please give to web sites of legitimate organizations and beware of e-mails soliciting your credit card information. If you can't leave your job and family to help with the rescue, build schools and homes or run an orphanage, you can send in your monetary donations. Anything will help. Many of these organizations need volunteers. If you happen to have time and the means, put them to good use in the region.
Red Cross: Give to Red Cross
Baptist World Aid: Online Donations
Catholic Relief: Donate online
Christian Children's Fund: Give here
Concern Worldwide, US: Give to Concern Worldwide
Direct Relief International: Donate Online
Food for the Hungry, Inc: Feed the hungry
Habitat for Humanity International: Provide Shelter with your donation
International Aid: Give to International Aid
International Relief Teams: Donate Now
World Vision: Donate to World Vision Now
OxFam America: OxFam can use your donations
Mercy Corps: Donate
Save the Children: Donate to Save the Children