The following is a list organizations provided by FEMA that are taking monetary donations and offers of volunteer assistance for those affected by Hurricane Katrina:

Donate cash to:

The American Red Cross

1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English,

1-800-257-7575 Spanish

Operation Blessing

1-800-436-6348

America’s Second Harvest

1-800-344-8070

Donate cash to

and volunteer with:

Adventist Community Services

1-800-381-7171

Catholic Charities, USA

703 549-1390

Christian Disaster Response

941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554

Christian Reformed World

Relief Committee

1-800-848-5818

Church World Service

1-800-297-1516

Convoy of Hope

417-823-8998

Lutheran Disaster Response

800-638-3522

Mennonite Disaster Service

717-859-2210

Nazarene Disaster Response

888-256-5886

Presbyterian Disaster

Assistance

800-872-3283

Salvation Army

1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)

Southern Baptist Convention

— Disaster Relief

1-800-462-8657, ext. 6440

United Methodist

Committee on Relief

1-800-554-8583

For further information: visit the Web site for the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster at www.nvoad.org.

The South Carolina Emergency Management Division will post updated information on the Division’s Web site, www.scemd.org

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