Help for Hurricane Katrina victims — both human and non-human
Some organizations who are rescuing animals in Katrina’s aftermath:
The Humane Society of the United States
HSUS Disaster Services message form
ASPCA disaster relief news and alerts
Temporary Pet Shelters
North Shore Animal League America, Hurricane Animal Rescue
More comprehensive info on animal rescue/area shelters/message forum: http://www.petfinder.org/disaster
Article: “Best Friends mobilizes teams in Mississippi”
If you have room in your home and your heart, contact any of the organizations who are rescuing, to see how you could provide foster care for one or more animals.
Article: “Animal Disaster Teams Working to Reach Thousands Devastated By Katrina”
Posted on our ENAW listserv today:
My partner’s and my boarding facility for rescued greyhounds, Greyhound Boarding and Retirement Kamp, is open for free boarding to any Katrina victim who needs help with their rescued hound. We have one on the way. Please pass this information on to any sources and resources.
and let people know that we are PROUDLY affiliated with ENAW and ECUSA
(We are a sponsored ministry of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco.)
Help for disconnected persons, from an e-newsletter:
Air America Public Voicemail
1-866-217-6255
Air America Radio’s Public Voicemail is a way for disconnected people to communicate in the wake of Katrina.
Here’s how it works:
Call the toll-free number above, enter your everyday phone number, and then record a message. Other people who know your everyday phone number (even if it doesn’t work anymore) can call Emergency Voicemail, enter the phone number they associate with you, and hear your message.
You can also search for messages left by people whose phone numbers you know.
Air America Radio will leave Public Voicemail in service for as long as this crisis continues. You can call it whenever you are trying to locate someone, or if you are trying to be found.
Obviously, for this to work, people need to know about it so please forward the number to as many people as you can. You can find out more about Katrina and the affected areas at www.airamericaradio.com.
Air America Radio brings you Emergency VoiceMail in conjunction with VoodooVox.
Also, if youíre looking for a way to help personally, MoveOn.org Civic Action, formerly known as MoveOn.org, launched a new web site yesterday, http://hurricanehousing.org asking its 3.3 million members and the public to post any available housing for the thousands of people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. The organization will directly connect evacuees with volunteer hosts, and also provide the housing information to the Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
As far as I can tell, Hurricane Housing is a resource to match displaced persons/families with offers for temporary housing up to a 350 mile radius of the affected area.
Operation: Share Your Home is a similar effort to match displaced persons/families with offers for temporary housing within the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Food for Life Global, the world’s largest veg’n food relief organization, has a team cooking and serving hot vegetarian meals to needy families, from their farm in Carriere, Mississippi, and hopes to expand their outreach. Visit FFL’s site for more information.
The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi has news and other helpful information on their website.
More or less related articles of unsung victims of Katrina and a related tornado:
Article about the unsung victims: “Stranded, Starving, and Suffering: Farm Animals in the Wake of Katrina”
Video of 500,000 chickens whose factory ‘farms’ were hit by a tornado. Shows how the ‘workers’ are treating these innocent birds. http://www.11Alive.com/video/player.aspx?aid=43453&sid=68520&bw=&cid=3. It’s on Channel 11 Alive News channel.