Hurricane Charities

[Zippy]

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[Zippy]

How You Can Help The Victims Of Hurricane Katrina
Source: Charity Navigator
August 29, 2005


Give To An Established Charity: Don't let an unscrupulous charity take advantage of your goodwill. Find a charity with a proven track record of success with dealing with this region and this type of disaster. Avoid fly-by-night charities created specifically to deal with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Even well-meaning new organizations will not have the infrastructure and knowledge of the region to efficiently maximize your gift. If you do feel compelled to give to a new charity, be sure to get proof that the group is in fact a registered public charity with 501 (c) (3) status.


Designate Your Gift: Worried that your donation will go towards the charity's general operating fund or saved for an upcoming crisis? This is a very understandable concern. Many charities do encourage donors not to designate their gifts so that the charity can decide how best to utilize the money, but depending on your confidence in the charity's ability to make that determination, you may want to tell the charity exactly how to use your gift. By designating your gift specifically for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, you'll ensure that your donation will be used for the victims of this particular disaster.


Avoid Telemarketers: Be wary of fundraisers who pressure you to make a contribution over the phone. Never divulge your credit card information to someone soliciting you via the phone. Instead, ask the fundraiser to send you written information about the charity they represent and do some research on your own. Once you feel comfortable with the charity, send the organization a check directly in the mail, or give through their website, thus ensuring 100% of your gift goes to the charity and not the for-profit fundraiser.


Read Charity Navigator's Guide to Handling Telephone Appeals
Research And Follow Up: As always, take the time to find a charity you can trust. Charity Navigator offers this list of highly-rated charities working in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to help you in your efforts. Use our free financial evaluations to search for other well-run charities worthy of your support. And be sure to follow up with the charity in a few months to find out (a) how your donation was put to use and (b) if they need additional support to complete the recovery effort.

[Danielle]

thanks zip,
I am going to go through the American Red Cross

absolutely heartbreaking...

[shell]

THE SALVATION ARMY.............they use more of the funds donated to their charity, percentage wise, than any other.


Please let the polluted water kill the fire ants.

[Zippy]

Shell is right !

Dani...Im not telling you who to give to

BUT Salvation Army would be my choice also

Red Cross is all hype.

[Scoops]

Thanks for posting this Zippy and Shell (nice to see you here shell!..funny about the ants, lol)...I will switch to the Salvation Army.

[Danielle]

Zip I know you weren't telling me where to send ya not :)
I am just trying to go by what you are all saying as I don't have much info on American Charities..I will sent to the Salvation Army today :)

[PK...]

Well, I went with the Red Cross...

I checked them out, and contrary to Bill O'Reilly, they have a very good record, and good financials...

I think they also have the infrastructure to mobilize and get into the field much more quickly than the Salvation Army...

But they are certainly at the top of the faith based charities... Where ever you send it, is a good place...

I have to say I am still distressed at the "Media"... As always they use any disaster to badmouth the Federal Government... I have to hope the people affected most seriously by this disaster are not able to watch the "Network" news coverage! I am appalled...

Shell... Good to see you... You have been missed, and I concur on the Fire Ants... ;0))

I wonder, right about now, if GW is cursing his luck on being elected, not only elected once, but twice... This definitely falls into the category of 'Be careful what you wish for'...

I found it interesting that we are not asking the "world" to assist us here... Though, perhaps that is reverse psychology?? The Saudi's are stepping with more pumping, but, LOL, they are certainly lining their pockets at the current prices...

Loaning oil from the reserve is a good thing, and how lucky are we that the government didn't cave to public pressure and do that earlier to simply lower prices... Another good thing is the waiving of the "Summer" gasoline EPA rules so that we can access gasoline we normally couldn't get...

New Orleans certainly shows our race at both it's high and it's low. Heroic measures on the part of some, and the dispicable behavior of others... Firing on helicopters attempting to help? My God! And how dispicable to loot and pillage, and shoot, can rape be that far behind with people this depraved?

As proud as I was about 'our' behavior during 9/11, I am that disgusted with what is being reported from New Orleans... (Surely even the Media isn't distorting their behavior that much...)

I am done...

PK

[Muffin]

<<SPAMSPAMSPAMnd how dispicable to loot and pillage, and shoot, can rape be that far behind with people this depraved?>>>

I read in one news report that yes, there have been rapes. What a bunch of pigs. I wish the police would just shoot the a-holes that are causing all the trouble. To hell with them...they don't deserve to live. Desperate times call for desperate measures!

[bdsma]

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PK...:
Well, I went with the Red Cross...

I checked them out, and contrary to Bill O'Reilly, they have a very good record, and good financials...

I think they also have the infrastructure to mobilize and get into the field much more quickly than the Salvation Army...

But they are certainly at the top of the faith based charities... Where ever you send it, is a good place...

I have to say I am still distressed at the "Media"... As always they use any disaster to badmouth the Federal Government... I have to hope the people affected most seriously by this disaster are not able to watch the "Network" news coverage! I am appalled...

Shell... Good to see you... You have been missed, and I concur on the Fire Ants... ;0))

I wonder, right about now, if GW is cursing his luck on being elected, not only elected once, but twice... This definitely falls into the category of 'Be careful what you wish for'...

I found it interesting that we are not asking the "world" to assist us here... Though, perhaps that is reverse psychology?? The Saudi's are stepping with more pumping, but, LOL, they are certainly lining their pockets at the current prices...

Loaning oil from the reserve is a good thing, and how lucky are we that the government didn't cave to public pressure and do that earlier to simply lower prices... Another good thing is the waiving of the "Summer" gasoline EPA rules so that we can access gasoline we normally couldn't get...

New Orleans certainly shows our race at both it's high and it's low. Heroic measures on the part of some, and the dispicable behavior of others... Firing on helicopters attempting to help? My God! And how dispicable to loot and pillage, and shoot, can rape be that far behind with people this depraved?

As proud as I was about 'our' behavior during 9/11, I am that disgusted with what is being reported from New Orleans... (Surely even the Media isn't distorting their behavior that much...)

I am done...
PK
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*frown...I have no comment....*sigh (appreciating more and more the Good people who are doing caring deeds and showing there is Goodwill....*smile)

[Sad]

Fats Domino Missing In New Orleans Floods

POSTED: 12:43 pm CDT September 1, 2005

NEW YORK -- The singer known for "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That A Shame" has been missing since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.

His agent said Fats Domino planned to ride out the storm at his house in a low-lying area of the city with his wife and daughter.

Al Embry said he spoke with Domino Sunday night by phone, but hasn't been able to contact him since. Embry said he would think Domino is safe because "somebody said he was on top of the balcony."

Domino is 77 and has rarely appeared in public in recent years.

[Zippy]

Pk I wasnt repeating what I might have heard about the Red Cross from Bill O'Really or any other news reporter.

Greg has seen them in action over seas when he was stationed in different countrys. Thats what I base my comment on.

Also...Salvation Army was there at the disaster way before Red Cross...in fact I dont even think they are there yet. I saw them in Texas.

Anyway...just give ...people need it. Of course give to anyone you are comfortable with.

Dont forget the furry ones...I know that PetSmart is sending vets there and are taking donations.

[PK...]

Sorry to jump to conclusions, Zippy... I did see some 'stuff' about the O man and his ranting against the Red Cross online...

It's nice to have some real feedback about any of them... I spent a couple of years volunteering locally with the Red Cross, so my loyalties do lie with them...

Kudos to PetSmart... I will dig a bit deeper... (but draw the line at a sweater for your "kitty"... <grin>)

;0))

PK

[Zippy]

You will be happy to know Snuggles is selling all her sweaters and giving the money to needy cats in the South :)

I gave at PetSmart today and got a groovy mouse pad and tee shirt !

[KaliChris]

There are posters up in our grocery stores so that we can give right there to help the Katrina victims.

Zippy, good thinking about the furry friends. And WHY don't they have shelters that include pets? You're supposed to leave your pets, part of your family, behind???

I'm also VERY disgusted at what's going on in New Orleans, PK. Unreal!

[KaliChris]

Sad:
Fats Domino Missing In New Orleans Floods
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Yeah; I saw that too.

[Zippy]

Kali that is one of the reasons WHY there is such a high death count...many people refused to leave their pets behind.

I would of been one of those if I had been there probably

[KaliChris]

Zippy:
You will be happy to know Snuggles is selling all her sweaters and giving the money to needy cats in the South :)

I gave at PetSmart today and got a groovy mouse pad and tee shirt !
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LOL Good for Snuggles. I'll see what Winnie and Barney can do to help out. We'll go check out Pet Smart.

[KaliChris]

Ditto, Zippy. Or just evacuate and take them with you! I'd go inland to a motel or friends or family; wherever. But I would NOT leave the pets behind.

[Zippy]

Yup get out of Dodge would of been the first choice of course.

I wonder though

What about Pets that you cant bring to the Super 8 motel

Horses and livestock...all dead I suppose huh?

[KaliChris]

That's the sad thing. Unless you put them in a trailer and bring them. Dogs and cats are different.

[PK...]

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Zippy:
Yup get out of Dodge would of been the first choice of course.

I wonder though

What about Pets that you cant bring to the Super 8 motel

Horses and livestock...all dead I suppose huh?
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Well, by the same token... Will staying with them save them?

Livestock has a much better chance of surviving these situations than people, they only have themselves to look after, and unless they are chained to the ground, they can swim for a much longer time than people... Should they be chained, their "person" should be chained with them...

Seems to me, we can only provide an X amount of empathy - where we direct it, people or animals is a peraonal thing... Spending too much time thinking about this horrendous disaster, can actually paralyze you... Something I learned the hard way during 9/11...

And, yes, livestock... may be "all dead I suppose"... And the crawdads.... and the fire ants... and the night crawlers, and the snakes, and the bunnies and the squirrels, but the mosquitos, and the bacteria are thriving....... Priorities...

To my way of thinking, people first...

PK