Katrina Relief Efforts - How You can help

Huntsville, Alabama – The Volunteer Center has compiled a list of ways you can help with Katrina Relief efforts. We are collaborating with local Corporations, Schools, Churches, and Radio Stations on fund and nonperishable drives to support relief efforts. Currently The Volunteer Center is helping to recruit and place volunteers in shelters and other areas identified by The American Red Cross.

Until the extent of the damage is assessed, however, actual needs are not yet known and specific supplies and volunteers (outside of emergency management personnel) have not been requested. Volunteers should affiliate themselves with the American Red Cross or www.servealabama.gov.

Please use the following resources to support Katrina Relief.

Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives www.servealabama.gov (Volunteer sign-up and disaster information)

Local Shelter Opened at
Grace Lutheran Church
3321 Memorial Pkwy SW,
Huntsville, 35801
881-0552

You can assist by donating any of the following items: perishable food, clothing, linens, towels, bath cloths, etc. We also need volunteers for 2 hour shifts. If you can help, call Grace Lutheran Church at (256) 881-0552.

The Turner Disaster Relief Foundation is collecting (nonperishable food) canned goods and personal hygiene products - toothpaste, soap, shampoo, deodorant, disposable razors - are badly needed as well as Band-Aids, diapers, baby formula, school supplies and pet food.

The agency has collection points at every fire station in Huntsville, Madison and Athens, plus the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Center and WAHR-FM Star 99.1, both on South Memorial Parkway.

The American Red Cross
1-800-HELP-NOW (1-800-435-7699), http://redcross.org

The Salvation Army
1-800-SAL-ARMY
(1-800-725-2769),www.salvationarmyusa.org

Salvation Army is also taking donations of bottled water; Bring water to the Salvation Army's Huntsville office at 2114 Oakwood Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

FEMA
Cash Sought To Help Hurricane Victims, Volunteers Should Not Self-Dispatch

The National Association for the Prevention of Starvation
NEEDS LIST:
peanut butter ~ dry beans ~ oil ~ blankets ~ tents ~ flashlights ~ D batteries ~ small stuffed animals ~ personal hygiene items ~ funds, funds, FUNDS
NAPS will be returning on Tuesday, September 6, to continued helping the hurricane victims. Please continue to help us help them.

How to Contact Loved Ones
Do you have a loved one that you are unable to reach?
Visit Salvation Army and click on "Click here" under Contact with Loved Ones. Select Health & Welfare information request. Fill out and submit the form.

The Volunteer Center partners with the community to mobilize volunteers and provide solutions to local challenges. It has served as a volunteer resource for more than 150 non-profit agencies in Madison County since 1969.