Katrina - more ways to get involved
September 1st, 2005The State of Mississippi has set up a fund to help with hurricane recover efforts. The address to send checks only is:
Office of the Governor
Attn. Hurricane Fund
PO Box 139
Jackson, MS 39201
Make checks out to "Mississippi Hurricane Fund"
Additionally, here is a list of emergency relief organizations accepting donations now. A few of these overlap with the Network for Good’s site.
American Red Cross
1-800-HELP-NOW (435-7669)-(English) 1-800-257-7575(Spanish)
www.redcross.org
American Baptist Churches
1-800-ABC3-USA
www.abcuamissions.org
America’s Second Harvest
1-800-344-8070
www.secondharvest.org
$, in-kind
Adventist Community Services
1-800-381-7171
www.adventist.communityservices.org
Catholic Charities USA
1-800-919-9338 or 703-549-1390
www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Christian Disaster Response International
863-967-HELP (4357) or 941-356-5183 or 941-551-9554
www.cdresponse.org
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
1-800-848-5818
www.crcrs.org
Christian World Service
1-800-297-1516
www.churchworldservice.org
Church of the Brethren
1-800-451-4407
www.brethrendisaster.org
Convoy of Hope
1-417-823-8998
www.convoyofhope.org
Disaster Psychiatry Outreach
215-598-9995
www.disasterpsych.org
The Episcopal Church
www.anglicancommunionnetwork.org
The Humane Society
1-888-259-5431
www.hsus.org
Lutheran Disaster Response (ELCA)
1-800-638-3532 Ext. 2748
www.ldr.org
Mennonite Disaster Service
1-717-859-2210
www.mds.mennonite.net
Mercy Corps
1-888-256-1900
www.mercycorps.org
National Emergency Response Team
1-207-948-3499
www.nert-usa.org
National Organization for Victim Assistance
703-535-NOVA (6682)
www.trynova.org
Nazarene Disaster Response
1-888-256-5886
www.ndrusa.org
$, in-kind
Operation Blessing
1-800-436-6348
www.ob.org
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
1-800-872-3283
www.pcusa.org/pda
Salvation Army
1-800-725-SAL-ARMY (725-2769) or 1-800-95-TRUCK (87825)
www.salvationarmyusa.org
$, in-kind
Southern Baptist Convention
1-800-462-8657 Ext. 6133 or 6440
www.namb.net
United Jewish Communities
225-387-9744
www.ujc.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief
1-800-554-8583
www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor



