Imagine losing everything — toothbrushes, photo albums, wedding dress, and children's photos — maybe your entire home. The devastation wrought by Katrina is still being felt, and rebuilding is a long, arduous process. There is still great need. Even the smallest donation helps.
The Red Cross
What they provide: shelter, food, and counseling
AmeriCares
What they provide: relief shipments of cleaning supplies, personal hygiene products, and other basics.
America's Second Harvest
What they provide: hunger relief.
They also need: donations of food, transportation, and products (bottled water, utensils, bleach, disinfecting household cleaning items, and diapers).
Habitat for Humanity
What they provide: repairs to homes damaged by the flood and temporary shelter and new houses for low-income families whose homes were destroyed.
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
What they provide: food and shelter for pets that have been separated from their owners
North Shore Animal League of America
What they provide: transportation, vet care, food, shelter, and other rescue services for pets abandoned after the hurricane.
They also need: donations of food and cargo vans to transport animals back from devastated areas.
