disaster relief
Below is a loosely compiled list of private citizens, orgs, etc. accepting disaster relief donations.
I am compiling this list from various places on the Internet. I would suggest that you call the shelter/organization first and find out what they need the most and make arrangements to mail stuff to them. I’ll try to help you, is you have questions, but since I am not affiliated in any way with these places, I may not be much help.
Don’t forget, a Priority Mail box, the big ones, is flat rate. You can pack it super full and it will still only be about $7 to mail!
Feel free to contact me at amymisha@comcast.net
Amy in Boston
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Marksville, Louisiana.
We have thousands of evacuees here .Families in our schools, churches, store parking lots, some just laying in yards. They have no place to go. Entire families with small children and nothing but the clothes on their backs. We're taking them into our homes and anywhere we can think to house them. The Red Cross will be slow getting here as they are tied up in Baton Rouge & New Orleans areas. In the meanwhile our community is trying to take care of these people and we're overwhelmed as there are so many! The Relief Coordinator for our parish (like your county) and has given me a list of items we desperately need. We are not asking for money...only items needed for these people. If you can help with whatever you can send we would be most grateful! Myron & I will make sure they are distributed where needed. We have a lot of donations of soap, toothbrushes, etc so we're ok on those for now.
The following are items we have none or very little of and need desperately:
*Baby Items: baby wipes / disposable diapers/ formula / baby bottles / baby shampoo / baby blankets >anything for babies
*Purell or some type hand sanitizer
*Pillows / blankets
*little T-shirts ( babies to childrens sizes)
*Over the counter pain relievers (tylenol, motrin, tums, alka seltzer, pepto bismol, band-aids, etc)
* color books / colors / board games / books (for kids in shelters)
You can send to:
Marksville City Hall
Attn: Myron Gagnard /Hurricane Relief Coordinator
427 N. Washington
Marksville, La. 71351
Phone # to the mayor's office for verification: 318-253-9500
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I live in the Houston area and my company is collecting items that will be donated to the the local chapter of the Salvation Army. I called the Salvation Army location on 9/1/05 if those outside of Houston can mail donations and was told yes.
They are accepting hurricane relief donations,
specifically:
(1) Baby Items (diapers, formula, bottled water, wipes, clothing, etc)
(2) Children's Items (clothing, puzzles, small toys, colors, coloring books, etc)
(3) Hygiene Items (soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo conditioner, brushes, deodorant, antibacterial wipes, etc)
(4) Bedding (pillows, blankets, sleeping bags, towels)
(5) Books, Puzzles, and Games for adults
(6) FOOD (Non perishable)
(7) Bottled Water
(8) School Supplies (notebooks, loose leaf paper, folders, pencils, pens, colors, construction paper, rulers, scissors, glue, etc)
If you want to mail in any of the above items, please mark 'Disaster Relief' and mail to:
Salvation Army
1500 Austin
Houston, TX 77002
The two phone numbers I have are: 713-941-5888 and 1-800-SAL-ARMY (this one tends to be busy so that is why I have placed the other one).
If you run into any problems, contact me at soniacoute@yahoo.com and I will give you my home address to mail it to me directly--I will hand deliver to area charities that are handing them to the refugees who have made it to Houston if Salvation Army is no longer delivering.
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Shelters in Texas that may need supplies
Mont Belvieu Senior Center: 11607 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu (full - 112)
Baytown Community Center: 2407 Market Street, Baytown (full - 250)
Memorial Baptist Church: 600 W. Sterling, Baytown (full - 135)
Lee College Gym: 200 Lee Drive, Baytown
Missouri Street Church of Christ: 3400 S Highway 146, Baytown
Moody Methodist Church: 2803 53rd Street, Galveston
Spring Tabernacle: 3034 FM 2920, Spring (full - 200)
St. Peter Claver: 6005 N. Wayside Drive, Houston (full - 220)
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church: 18220 Upper Bay Road-Nassau Bay, Houston (capacity 250)
St Maximilian Kolbe Church: 10135 West Rd., Houston
Thurgood Marshall Elementary: 11433 Suburban Dr., Houston
Hilliard Elementary School: 6511 N. Wayside Dr., Houston
St. Mary's Catholic Church: 701 Church Street, Huntsville (capacity 200)
1st Baptist Church: 1229 Ave. J, Huntsville
New Life Central: 2104 Underwood, LaPorte
Fairmont Park Baptist Church: 10401 Belfast, LaPort
1st United Methodist Church: 4308 W. Dallas, Conroe (capacity 200)
1st Baptist Church: 906 Ave A, Katy
1st Baptist Church: 906 Ave, A, Katy
Kingwood United Methodist Church: 1799 Woodland Hill, Kingwood
Also a Red Cross information hotline number regarding locations of shelters is available for Hurricane Katrina victims. Call Red Cross 1-(866) GET-INFO. Local information Hotline number (713) 313-5480.
Pasadena: The Salvation Army East Harris County has opened a shelter at 2732 Cherrybrook Ln. in Pasadena. The phone number is 713-378-0020. They can use food, bedding, baby products and any other product one might need in a shelter. They do not need clothes. To donate, call 1-800 SAL-ARMY.
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American Red Cross Shelters Accepting Donations
Items Needed:
Food and drinks
Clothing
Disposable diapers
Games and toys
Sheets and blankets
Monetary donations
Shelter Locations:
Baytown Community Center, 2407 Market Street, Baytown
Fairmont Park Baptist Church, 10401 Belfast, La Porte
First Baptist Church, 1229 Avenue J, Huntsville
First Baptist Church, 906 Avenue A, Katy
First United Methodist Church, 4308 W. Dallas, Conroe
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 18220 Upper Bay Road-Nassau Bay, Houston
Memorial Baptist Church, 600 W. Sterling, Baytown
Mont Belvieu Senior Center, 11607 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu
Moody Methodist Church, 2803 53rd Street, Galveston
New Life Central, 2104 Underwood, La Porte
Spring Tabernacle, 3034 F.M. 2920, Spring
St. Mary's Catholic Church, 701 Church St., Brenham
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 6005 N, Wayside Drive, Houston
For more information on American Red Cross shelters in the Houston area, click here or call (866) GET-INFO or (713) 313-5480.
Donate To Houston Food Bank
The Houston Food Bank, 3811 Eastex Freeway, is in need of the following items to help Katrina victims. Local 2 will hold a food drive Friday from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. For more information, call (713) 223-3700.
Paper goods such as plates, cups, diapers and tissue
Cleaning supplies, such as bleach, Top Job, Mr. Clean
Bottled water (no glass containers)
Single serving snacks such as Pop-Tarts and cereal bars
Peanut butter
Heat and eat foods such as chili, stew, canned pasta with sauce and canned vegetables
Any other single serving foods that don't require refrigeration
MREs (Meals Ready To Eat)
Baby formula
Personal hygiene products
How To Volunteer
Volunteer Houston, (281) 564-6669
Helpful Information
FEMA, Disaster Help Line: (800) 621-FEMA
Houston Apartment Association, (281) 933-2224, will offer reduced rent to evacuees at certain properties, depending on availability.
HurricaneHousing.org: Refugees can search for free housing and residents can offer free housing.
Better Business Bureau: Check out charity before giving
Texas Attorney General's toll-free complaint line for price gouging: (800) 252-8011
Companies, Organizations Accepting Donated Items
Note: Many religious organizations are holding their own collection and/or donation drives. Please check with a church, synagogue or facility near you. Due to the huge number of places organizing drives, Click2Houston regretfully cannot post every location.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 2403 Holcombe Blvd., (713) 741-8234
Baytown Junior High, 7707 Bayway Drive, (281) 424-2582
Sugar Creek Baptist Church, 13213 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, (281) 242-2858
Park at Voss Apartments, 2424 S. Voss Road (at Westheimer), (713) 268-3000
Alvin Community College, 3110 Mustang Road, Alvin, 77511
Houston Humane Society, 14700 Almeda Road, (713) 433-6421
Houston-Area Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals, 900 Portway Drive
West University Baptist Church, 6218 Auden Street, (713) 668-2319
Crosspoint Church, 4601 Bellaire Blvd.
Bumbera's Performance Associates, 630 Highway 6 South, 77079, (281) 493-9300
Wesley Gardens Apartments, 8700 Gustine Lane, 77031, (713) 270-5555
Julia C. Hester House, 2020 Solo, 77020, (713) 672-2573
Westlake Fire Department, (281) 960-5014
Lakewood Church, 3700 Southwest Freeway, Accepting donations Sept. 1 and 2, (713) 635-4154
Church of Christ, 1704 Weber, (713) 864-5667
Lansdowne-Moody, (713) 672-8366, is collecting food and clothing at the four locations below.
8445 East Freeway, 77029
11810 S. Sam Houston Parkway West, 77031
1600 FM 528, Webster, 77598
23738 Hempstead Highway, Cypress, 77429
Houston-area YMCAs and KSBJ FM are collecting gift cards to help victims pay for gas, food and other items.
Impact Houston Church of Christ, 1704 Weber, (832) 641-5900
Consignor's Club, 22704 Loop 494 Ste D, Humble, 77339, (281) 359-9090
Coast Guard Asks For Donations For Rescuers
The U.S. Coast Guard in Houston is asking for donations to help about 50 workers in New Orleans on rescue efforts who are running out of basic supplies. Donations can be dropped off at the Coast Guard office at Ellington Field.
Items in need include:
Toilet paper, wipes
Soap
First Aid kits, bug spray, foot powder
Bottled water, sports drinks, coffee
Power bars, granola bars, cups of dry soup
Sleeping bags and pillows
D and AA batteries
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As many of you know CoffeeCup Software is a socially active company. In the past our users have raised over 1 million dollars for September 11th efforts and over $50,000 dollars for victims of the Asian Tsunami.
Hurricane Katrina has given us a different challenge. We have accessed the situation and have found a way we can all help. Since CoffeeCup Software is located in Corpus Christi, Texas (a couple of hours south of Houston), we are calling upon anyone who receives this e-mail to send 'Goods' to our office. This will directly help the thousands upon thousands of American refugees that will be entering Houston, Beaumont, and througout Texas within the next days and weeks.
Our office will collect what you send and will drive these items by cargo truck to the refugees where they are located. Over 25,000 people will arrive at the Houston Astrodome tonight and we expect many waves of refugees over the next month. We will collect items for the next 60 days and will make trips once a week or more as needed.
Currently many Charitable organizations are overwhelmed and we want to make sure the Families and Children will be given what they really need without wait. Send as much as you wish, we have plenty of storage.
Some items we believe they need are:
Diapers, Baby Wipes, Infant Care Items
Personal Care Items (soap, razors, shaving cream, toothpaste, hygeine items)
Clothing (socks, underwear, shirts, shoes, pants, shirts)
Long Distance Calling Cards, Batteries, FM Radios, Walkie-Talkies
Toys (coloring books, crayons, puzzles, any activity toy)
and more....
Our Address is:
CoffeeCup Software
c/o Hurricane Aid
226 South Tancahua Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
You can also order things online at places like Amazon.com, WalMart.com, Target.com, and others and have them sent directly to our offices as well.
Please do not send food, water, or money. This will be handled by Organized Charities. Send what you would personally want if you were placed in a very uncomfortbale position for a very long time with little or no money (use your best judgement).
We will be documenting our efforts by Web Cam and Pictures and these will be posted on our Website soon.
If you would like to Donate money you can do that here:
http://www.houstonredcross.org/ or http://national.unitedway.org/
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
- Sir Winston Churchill
Thank you so very much again,
Nick Longo
CEO CoffeeCup Software, Inc.
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www.coffeecup.com
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For those of you who want to donate actual products that will be delivered to survivors, Buckner Children & Family Services is coordinating a drive through their Lufkin office and they are also accepting donations in their Houston, Beaumont, Dallas, and Longview offices. They are accepting: diapers and wipes, baby food and formula, non-perishable food, bottled water, blankets and pillows, toiletries, phone cards, gift cards to local stores, and new shoes. The address is:
Buckner Children & Family Services
3402 Daniel McCall Drive #21,
Lufkin, TX 75904.
Below is the press release with complete details.
Buckner is a child placing agency for foster kids. For more information, contact: Christie Rasberry, Development Officer (936) 674-5377 or crasberry@buckner.org Judy Morgan, Executive Director (936) 637-3300 or jmorgan@buckner.org Sept. 1, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Buckner Children and Family Services Joins Disaster Relief Efforts LUFKIN-Buckner Children and Family Services of Deep East Texas is collecting in-kind donations to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina seeking refuge in the region. Buckner counseling staff in Lufkin also will offer free crisis counseling to evacuees at the Nacogdoches shelter today. The following items may be delivered to Buckner Family Place at 3402 Daniel McCall Drive between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays: diapers and wipes, baby food and formula, non-perishable food, bottled water, blankets and pillows, toiletries, phone cards, gift cards to local stores, and new shoes. All donations will be distributed directly to hurricane survivors. "The mission of Buckner is to assist in the healing and restoration of children and families in challenging life situations," said Judy Morgan, executive director, Buckner Children and Family Services-Deep East Texas. "Certainly the evacuees are facing unimaginable challenges, and we want to do whatever we can to ease the burden for them. Though not a disaster relief organization, Buckner has been providing food, clothing, shelter and care to people in need since its inception in 1879. Our prayers go out to those devastated by this national tragedy." In addition to humanitarian aid and counseling, Buckner is working with Love INC and other shelters to provide emergency housing. Lufkin is one of five Buckner sites designated to receive in-kind disaster relief donations, including Beaumont, Houston, Dallas and Longview. Buckner is also shipping thousands of new shoes, shoelaces and socks to evacuees in Houston and Baton Rouge, La. Monetary donations may be made online at www.buckner.org or mailed to Buckner, attention Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, 600 N. Pearl, Suite 2000, Dallas, Texas 75201. Make checks payable to Buckner and include account 22040 in the memo area.
Someone just emailed me this:
I work in the Student Services division: http://www.mcpss.com/websites/MCPSS/MCPSS of Mobile County Public Schools. I talked to my boss today ( RhondaWaltman, Asst. Superintendent) and she informed me that we will be taking on lots of children from the MS & LA coast. In addition to that we have children on our coast that have lost everything. I want so bad to do something to help out, so I want to coordinate this for the children.
If you or anyone wants to donate, you can send any donations to:
Mobile County Public Schools Attn: Carrie Rozycke,
504 Government St.,
Mobile, Al 36603
The children will need any type school supplies or uniforms. You can find
out what most of our uniform requirement are at this web link:
http://www.mcpss.com/websites/MCPSS/MCPSS//Default.asp?PN='ParentInfo
Anything you can do will greatly be appreciated.
I am a student at Concordia Lutheran University here in Austin, Texas. I am very upset that all of the Katrina victims need items and the
main organizations sheltering them are not allowing us to get them. There are several organizations here in Austin that have received
hundreds of offers to house our neighbors. I will honestly distribute these items to those in need if you want to ship them. If there are
others here in Austin, that want to get with me to coordinate an honest operation of distributing what people want to send, please
respond to this. No money donations, mainly receiving, organizing, sorting out, etc. clothing and necessities to those who are needing it.
Everyone wants us to send money so they can help, but I am willing to set up a Katrina Clothing Relief Bank so these people can get into
some decent clothing. This will be an all volunteer effort, grassroots, type of deal. Please send only things that you yourself
would wear or put on your child. Diapers, toiletries, toothpaste, peanut butter, etc. will be taken to Tarrytown United Methodist Church
here in Austin, Texas-The youth are making up relief kits to give. If people who are housing individuals and families need assistance with
any items we will help them in their kindness and love. This is all done out of love and kindness. Please-only serious people get respond
to this. For now, I will do a one-woman(and husband) operation and accept what material items you would like to donate. I will email all
who send items and let them know where their donations go(individual, church, shelter, people in hotels, families in motels, families housed with individuals, etc. This will be a strict operation for Katrina victims. People will be sending items to help those devestated from
the tornado, so that is where their efforts will be channeled. If you are interested please email me first so I can screen out those who are
not serious. You can email me at katrinaclothingbank@yahoo.com.
My name is Lori and my prayers are with all of you and my thanks is to God for seeing so many beautiful hearts in all of you offering help on this board. I will respond with the address to send clothing or to help me with this charge, please email so we can assess the response
or interest of individuals wanting to send items. Thank you for your time and God Bless.
I am compiling this list from various places on the Internet. I would suggest that you call the shelter/organization first and find out what they need the most and make arrangements to mail stuff to them. I’ll try to help you, is you have questions, but since I am not affiliated in any way with these places, I may not be much help.
Don’t forget, a Priority Mail box, the big ones, is flat rate. You can pack it super full and it will still only be about $7 to mail!
Feel free to contact me at amymisha@comcast.net
Amy in Boston
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Marksville, Louisiana.
We have thousands of evacuees here .Families in our schools, churches, store parking lots, some just laying in yards. They have no place to go. Entire families with small children and nothing but the clothes on their backs. We're taking them into our homes and anywhere we can think to house them. The Red Cross will be slow getting here as they are tied up in Baton Rouge & New Orleans areas. In the meanwhile our community is trying to take care of these people and we're overwhelmed as there are so many! The Relief Coordinator for our parish (like your county) and has given me a list of items we desperately need. We are not asking for money...only items needed for these people. If you can help with whatever you can send we would be most grateful! Myron & I will make sure they are distributed where needed. We have a lot of donations of soap, toothbrushes, etc so we're ok on those for now.
The following are items we have none or very little of and need desperately:
*Baby Items: baby wipes / disposable diapers/ formula / baby bottles / baby shampoo / baby blankets >anything for babies
*Purell or some type hand sanitizer
*Pillows / blankets
*little T-shirts ( babies to childrens sizes)
*Over the counter pain relievers (tylenol, motrin, tums, alka seltzer, pepto bismol, band-aids, etc)
* color books / colors / board games / books (for kids in shelters)
You can send to:
Marksville City Hall
Attn: Myron Gagnard /Hurricane Relief Coordinator
427 N. Washington
Marksville, La. 71351
Phone # to the mayor's office for verification: 318-253-9500
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I live in the Houston area and my company is collecting items that will be donated to the the local chapter of the Salvation Army. I called the Salvation Army location on 9/1/05 if those outside of Houston can mail donations and was told yes.
They are accepting hurricane relief donations,
specifically:
(1) Baby Items (diapers, formula, bottled water, wipes, clothing, etc)
(2) Children's Items (clothing, puzzles, small toys, colors, coloring books, etc)
(3) Hygiene Items (soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo conditioner, brushes, deodorant, antibacterial wipes, etc)
(4) Bedding (pillows, blankets, sleeping bags, towels)
(5) Books, Puzzles, and Games for adults
(6) FOOD (Non perishable)
(7) Bottled Water
(8) School Supplies (notebooks, loose leaf paper, folders, pencils, pens, colors, construction paper, rulers, scissors, glue, etc)
If you want to mail in any of the above items, please mark 'Disaster Relief' and mail to:
Salvation Army
1500 Austin
Houston, TX 77002
The two phone numbers I have are: 713-941-5888 and 1-800-SAL-ARMY (this one tends to be busy so that is why I have placed the other one).
If you run into any problems, contact me at soniacoute@yahoo.com and I will give you my home address to mail it to me directly--I will hand deliver to area charities that are handing them to the refugees who have made it to Houston if Salvation Army is no longer delivering.
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Shelters in Texas that may need supplies
Mont Belvieu Senior Center: 11607 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu (full - 112)
Baytown Community Center: 2407 Market Street, Baytown (full - 250)
Memorial Baptist Church: 600 W. Sterling, Baytown (full - 135)
Lee College Gym: 200 Lee Drive, Baytown
Missouri Street Church of Christ: 3400 S Highway 146, Baytown
Moody Methodist Church: 2803 53rd Street, Galveston
Spring Tabernacle: 3034 FM 2920, Spring (full - 200)
St. Peter Claver: 6005 N. Wayside Drive, Houston (full - 220)
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church: 18220 Upper Bay Road-Nassau Bay, Houston (capacity 250)
St Maximilian Kolbe Church: 10135 West Rd., Houston
Thurgood Marshall Elementary: 11433 Suburban Dr., Houston
Hilliard Elementary School: 6511 N. Wayside Dr., Houston
St. Mary's Catholic Church: 701 Church Street, Huntsville (capacity 200)
1st Baptist Church: 1229 Ave. J, Huntsville
New Life Central: 2104 Underwood, LaPorte
Fairmont Park Baptist Church: 10401 Belfast, LaPort
1st United Methodist Church: 4308 W. Dallas, Conroe (capacity 200)
1st Baptist Church: 906 Ave A, Katy
1st Baptist Church: 906 Ave, A, Katy
Kingwood United Methodist Church: 1799 Woodland Hill, Kingwood
Also a Red Cross information hotline number regarding locations of shelters is available for Hurricane Katrina victims. Call Red Cross 1-(866) GET-INFO. Local information Hotline number (713) 313-5480.
Pasadena: The Salvation Army East Harris County has opened a shelter at 2732 Cherrybrook Ln. in Pasadena. The phone number is 713-378-0020. They can use food, bedding, baby products and any other product one might need in a shelter. They do not need clothes. To donate, call 1-800 SAL-ARMY.
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American Red Cross Shelters Accepting Donations
Items Needed:
Food and drinks
Clothing
Disposable diapers
Games and toys
Sheets and blankets
Monetary donations
Shelter Locations:
Baytown Community Center, 2407 Market Street, Baytown
Fairmont Park Baptist Church, 10401 Belfast, La Porte
First Baptist Church, 1229 Avenue J, Huntsville
First Baptist Church, 906 Avenue A, Katy
First United Methodist Church, 4308 W. Dallas, Conroe
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 18220 Upper Bay Road-Nassau Bay, Houston
Memorial Baptist Church, 600 W. Sterling, Baytown
Mont Belvieu Senior Center, 11607 Eagle Drive, Mont Belvieu
Moody Methodist Church, 2803 53rd Street, Galveston
New Life Central, 2104 Underwood, La Porte
Spring Tabernacle, 3034 F.M. 2920, Spring
St. Mary's Catholic Church, 701 Church St., Brenham
St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 6005 N, Wayside Drive, Houston
For more information on American Red Cross shelters in the Houston area, click here or call (866) GET-INFO or (713) 313-5480.
Donate To Houston Food Bank
The Houston Food Bank, 3811 Eastex Freeway, is in need of the following items to help Katrina victims. Local 2 will hold a food drive Friday from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. For more information, call (713) 223-3700.
Paper goods such as plates, cups, diapers and tissue
Cleaning supplies, such as bleach, Top Job, Mr. Clean
Bottled water (no glass containers)
Single serving snacks such as Pop-Tarts and cereal bars
Peanut butter
Heat and eat foods such as chili, stew, canned pasta with sauce and canned vegetables
Any other single serving foods that don't require refrigeration
MREs (Meals Ready To Eat)
Baby formula
Personal hygiene products
How To Volunteer
Volunteer Houston, (281) 564-6669
Helpful Information
FEMA, Disaster Help Line: (800) 621-FEMA
Houston Apartment Association, (281) 933-2224, will offer reduced rent to evacuees at certain properties, depending on availability.
HurricaneHousing.org: Refugees can search for free housing and residents can offer free housing.
Better Business Bureau: Check out charity before giving
Texas Attorney General's toll-free complaint line for price gouging: (800) 252-8011
Companies, Organizations Accepting Donated Items
Note: Many religious organizations are holding their own collection and/or donation drives. Please check with a church, synagogue or facility near you. Due to the huge number of places organizing drives, Click2Houston regretfully cannot post every location.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 2403 Holcombe Blvd., (713) 741-8234
Baytown Junior High, 7707 Bayway Drive, (281) 424-2582
Sugar Creek Baptist Church, 13213 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, (281) 242-2858
Park at Voss Apartments, 2424 S. Voss Road (at Westheimer), (713) 268-3000
Alvin Community College, 3110 Mustang Road, Alvin, 77511
Houston Humane Society, 14700 Almeda Road, (713) 433-6421
Houston-Area Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals, 900 Portway Drive
West University Baptist Church, 6218 Auden Street, (713) 668-2319
Crosspoint Church, 4601 Bellaire Blvd.
Bumbera's Performance Associates, 630 Highway 6 South, 77079, (281) 493-9300
Wesley Gardens Apartments, 8700 Gustine Lane, 77031, (713) 270-5555
Julia C. Hester House, 2020 Solo, 77020, (713) 672-2573
Westlake Fire Department, (281) 960-5014
Lakewood Church, 3700 Southwest Freeway, Accepting donations Sept. 1 and 2, (713) 635-4154
Church of Christ, 1704 Weber, (713) 864-5667
Lansdowne-Moody, (713) 672-8366, is collecting food and clothing at the four locations below.
8445 East Freeway, 77029
11810 S. Sam Houston Parkway West, 77031
1600 FM 528, Webster, 77598
23738 Hempstead Highway, Cypress, 77429
Houston-area YMCAs and KSBJ FM are collecting gift cards to help victims pay for gas, food and other items.
Impact Houston Church of Christ, 1704 Weber, (832) 641-5900
Consignor's Club, 22704 Loop 494 Ste D, Humble, 77339, (281) 359-9090
Coast Guard Asks For Donations For Rescuers
The U.S. Coast Guard in Houston is asking for donations to help about 50 workers in New Orleans on rescue efforts who are running out of basic supplies. Donations can be dropped off at the Coast Guard office at Ellington Field.
Items in need include:
Toilet paper, wipes
Soap
First Aid kits, bug spray, foot powder
Bottled water, sports drinks, coffee
Power bars, granola bars, cups of dry soup
Sleeping bags and pillows
D and AA batteries
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As many of you know CoffeeCup Software is a socially active company. In the past our users have raised over 1 million dollars for September 11th efforts and over $50,000 dollars for victims of the Asian Tsunami.
Hurricane Katrina has given us a different challenge. We have accessed the situation and have found a way we can all help. Since CoffeeCup Software is located in Corpus Christi, Texas (a couple of hours south of Houston), we are calling upon anyone who receives this e-mail to send 'Goods' to our office. This will directly help the thousands upon thousands of American refugees that will be entering Houston, Beaumont, and througout Texas within the next days and weeks.
Our office will collect what you send and will drive these items by cargo truck to the refugees where they are located. Over 25,000 people will arrive at the Houston Astrodome tonight and we expect many waves of refugees over the next month. We will collect items for the next 60 days and will make trips once a week or more as needed.
Currently many Charitable organizations are overwhelmed and we want to make sure the Families and Children will be given what they really need without wait. Send as much as you wish, we have plenty of storage.
Some items we believe they need are:
Diapers, Baby Wipes, Infant Care Items
Personal Care Items (soap, razors, shaving cream, toothpaste, hygeine items)
Clothing (socks, underwear, shirts, shoes, pants, shirts)
Long Distance Calling Cards, Batteries, FM Radios, Walkie-Talkies
Toys (coloring books, crayons, puzzles, any activity toy)
and more....
Our Address is:
CoffeeCup Software
c/o Hurricane Aid
226 South Tancahua Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
You can also order things online at places like Amazon.com, WalMart.com, Target.com, and others and have them sent directly to our offices as well.
Please do not send food, water, or money. This will be handled by Organized Charities. Send what you would personally want if you were placed in a very uncomfortbale position for a very long time with little or no money (use your best judgement).
We will be documenting our efforts by Web Cam and Pictures and these will be posted on our Website soon.
If you would like to Donate money you can do that here:
http://www.houstonredcross.org/ or http://national.unitedway.org/
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."
- Sir Winston Churchill
Thank you so very much again,
Nick Longo
CEO CoffeeCup Software, Inc.
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For those of you who want to donate actual products that will be delivered to survivors, Buckner Children & Family Services is coordinating a drive through their Lufkin office and they are also accepting donations in their Houston, Beaumont, Dallas, and Longview offices. They are accepting: diapers and wipes, baby food and formula, non-perishable food, bottled water, blankets and pillows, toiletries, phone cards, gift cards to local stores, and new shoes. The address is:
Buckner Children & Family Services
3402 Daniel McCall Drive #21,
Lufkin, TX 75904.
Below is the press release with complete details.
Buckner is a child placing agency for foster kids. For more information, contact: Christie Rasberry, Development Officer (936) 674-5377 or crasberry@buckner.org Judy Morgan, Executive Director (936) 637-3300 or jmorgan@buckner.org Sept. 1, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Buckner Children and Family Services Joins Disaster Relief Efforts LUFKIN-Buckner Children and Family Services of Deep East Texas is collecting in-kind donations to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina seeking refuge in the region. Buckner counseling staff in Lufkin also will offer free crisis counseling to evacuees at the Nacogdoches shelter today. The following items may be delivered to Buckner Family Place at 3402 Daniel McCall Drive between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays: diapers and wipes, baby food and formula, non-perishable food, bottled water, blankets and pillows, toiletries, phone cards, gift cards to local stores, and new shoes. All donations will be distributed directly to hurricane survivors. "The mission of Buckner is to assist in the healing and restoration of children and families in challenging life situations," said Judy Morgan, executive director, Buckner Children and Family Services-Deep East Texas. "Certainly the evacuees are facing unimaginable challenges, and we want to do whatever we can to ease the burden for them. Though not a disaster relief organization, Buckner has been providing food, clothing, shelter and care to people in need since its inception in 1879. Our prayers go out to those devastated by this national tragedy." In addition to humanitarian aid and counseling, Buckner is working with Love INC and other shelters to provide emergency housing. Lufkin is one of five Buckner sites designated to receive in-kind disaster relief donations, including Beaumont, Houston, Dallas and Longview. Buckner is also shipping thousands of new shoes, shoelaces and socks to evacuees in Houston and Baton Rouge, La. Monetary donations may be made online at www.buckner.org or mailed to Buckner, attention Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, 600 N. Pearl, Suite 2000, Dallas, Texas 75201. Make checks payable to Buckner and include account 22040 in the memo area.
Someone just emailed me this:
I work in the Student Services division: http://www.mcpss.com/websites/MCPSS/MCPSS of Mobile County Public Schools. I talked to my boss today ( RhondaWaltman, Asst. Superintendent) and she informed me that we will be taking on lots of children from the MS & LA coast. In addition to that we have children on our coast that have lost everything. I want so bad to do something to help out, so I want to coordinate this for the children.
If you or anyone wants to donate, you can send any donations to:
Mobile County Public Schools Attn: Carrie Rozycke,
504 Government St.,
Mobile, Al 36603
The children will need any type school supplies or uniforms. You can find
out what most of our uniform requirement are at this web link:
http://www.mcpss.com/websites/MCPSS/MCPSS//Default.asp?PN='ParentInfo
Anything you can do will greatly be appreciated.
I am a student at Concordia Lutheran University here in Austin, Texas. I am very upset that all of the Katrina victims need items and the
main organizations sheltering them are not allowing us to get them. There are several organizations here in Austin that have received
hundreds of offers to house our neighbors. I will honestly distribute these items to those in need if you want to ship them. If there are
others here in Austin, that want to get with me to coordinate an honest operation of distributing what people want to send, please
respond to this. No money donations, mainly receiving, organizing, sorting out, etc. clothing and necessities to those who are needing it.
Everyone wants us to send money so they can help, but I am willing to set up a Katrina Clothing Relief Bank so these people can get into
some decent clothing. This will be an all volunteer effort, grassroots, type of deal. Please send only things that you yourself
would wear or put on your child. Diapers, toiletries, toothpaste, peanut butter, etc. will be taken to Tarrytown United Methodist Church
here in Austin, Texas-The youth are making up relief kits to give. If people who are housing individuals and families need assistance with
any items we will help them in their kindness and love. This is all done out of love and kindness. Please-only serious people get respond
to this. For now, I will do a one-woman(and husband) operation and accept what material items you would like to donate. I will email all
who send items and let them know where their donations go(individual, church, shelter, people in hotels, families in motels, families housed with individuals, etc. This will be a strict operation for Katrina victims. People will be sending items to help those devestated from
the tornado, so that is where their efforts will be channeled. If you are interested please email me first so I can screen out those who are
not serious. You can email me at katrinaclothingbank@yahoo.com.
My name is Lori and my prayers are with all of you and my thanks is to God for seeing so many beautiful hearts in all of you offering help on this board. I will respond with the address to send clothing or to help me with this charge, please email so we can assess the response
or interest of individuals wanting to send items. Thank you for your time and God Bless.