Katrina

It is difficult to find the words to express the tremendous urgency, the need for disaster recovery and support. Do what you can, as best you can, as soon as you can.

Websites abound with lists of charitable operations, contact data, phone numbers, web addresses. At the risk of spamming you with information, here is a list I'm using:


American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org - 1-800-HELP NOW

Salvation Army - http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ - 1-800-SAL ARMY (725-2769)

Operation Blessing - http://www.ob.org/ - 1-800-436-6348

America's Second Harvest - http://www.secondharvest.org - 1-800-344-8070


Do whatever you can, as much as you can, but don't wait to be asked. Do it now.

My heart goes out to you who have family and loved ones still in the Gulf Coast area, and to those who are there now, trapped between the catastrophic now and a highly uncertain future. I pray the relief forces, food and water, clothing and stability, begin to arrive quickly and en masse. I pray that those who are waiting for this help to arrive do not give up their hope and faith. For those whose path Katrina has cut short, for those who have not survived, our prayers to guide you safely onward.

Those of you who are safe, warm, fed and sheltered, far away from this madness, send your help - funds, donations, goods - in the most expedient way you can arrange. Do not sit by complacently and wait to be asked nor assume that this disaster has not touched your life. Take action - make a call - do it now.