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About Donating Goods to the Red Cross
for Areas Impacted
by Hurricane Katrina
Read
1-800-Help-Now or 1-800-257-7575
(Spanish)
Katrina Info: Bulletins &
Information
Click here to see the latest information,
click
here.
FEMA Website
How to get help.
FEMA:
Hotline set up for shelter, donation referrals (888)
312-4567
DENTON, Texas (AP) - Emergency officials say a telephone
hotline
has been set up for Hurricane Katrina refugees to find
shelter.
The hotline also will direct concerned citizens to agencies
where they can volunteer their work or make donations.
The number is 888 - 312 - 4567 (eight-eight-eight
three-one-two four-five-six-seven).
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GULF
COAST HURRICANE DISASTER WELFARE REGISTRATION
Monday –
September 5, 2005
2:30 PM
AS A RESULT OF THE TERRIBLE DEVASTATION FROM
HURRICANE KATRINA, MANY FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS
DISPLACED FROM THE AREA HAVE TEMPORARILY MOVED INTO
NEIGHBORING STATES, INCLUDING NEW MEXICO.
UNFORTUNATELY, EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, AND OTHERS
MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS
RELOCATION AND, LACKING EFFECTIVE NOTIFICATION, FEAR FOR THE
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF
THOSE ORIGINALLY LOCATED IN THE GULF COAST REGION.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT VICTIMS OF HURRICANE
KATRINA ARE IDENTIFIED AND TO ASSIST WITH
NOTIFICATIONS OF CONCERNED FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT PERSONS
TEMPORARILY MOVING INTO NEW MEXICO REGISTER WITH THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS. THE RED CROSS
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING NATIONWIDE DISASTER WELFARE
INQUIRY ACTIVITIES, AND WILL
ASSIST IN THE LOCATING OF MISSING FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
THROUGH A VOLUNTARY
REGISTRATION PROCESS.
FOR PERSONS TEMPORARILY RELOCATING INTO
LINCOLN COUNTY, IT IS REQUESTED THAT THEY CONTACT
THE SOUTHWESTERN CHAPTER OF THE RED CROSS AT 505.526.2631,
OR 888.922.2631.
ALL MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO
DISSEMINATE THIS BULLETIN. THANK YOU.
Spokesman Dean Cushman of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency says the hotline is a joint effort of the Texas
Department
of Health and Human Services and the Texas radio markets.
He says calls will be answered by 26 information and
referral
agencies. He also says the number will be displayed on signs
to be
posted at the Texas-Louisiana border.
Donate cash to:
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 with:
Adventist Community Services 1-800-381-7171
Catholic Charities, USA 703 549-1390
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
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