Needed: Doctors, Nurses, EMT's for Texas, Alabama, Miss., and Louisiana

• Texas physicians who want to volunteer for deployment in Louisiana - e-mail Gayle Love
• Texas physicians who want to volunteer to care for Katrina refugees now in Texas - e-mail C.J. Bradford
• Non-Texas physicians who want to volunteer to care for Katrina refugees now in Texas - e-mail C.J. Bradford

• Texas Medical Board information on provisional licensure
  Governor Perry has asked the Texas Medical Board to work with hospitals and expedite the issuance of temporary licenses for licensed Louisiana physicians who need to follow their patients to Texas hospitals.

• The call for volunteers
• Medical Volunteers for Mississippi These numbers are in the disaster zone and may require a couple of tries to get through
  • Information and Credentialing for First Responders and Medical Volunteers
  • Physicians and EMTs call 601-576-8085
  • Nurses and other health professionals call 601-497-8022 (information line) or 601-944-4849 (message line)
• Medical Volunteers for Alabama
  • servealabama.gov
    
  • Local Volunteer Centers

http://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=4301

Looking for a family member?

MSNBC online offers a 'safe list' and 'looking for someone' list. Please try this site if you're looking for a family member and try other lists posted on this website as well.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9159961/

CNN's Hurricane Katrina Safe List
"CNN.com has been posting the names of those who wish to let loved ones know they are alright after the storm. If you were in Katrina’s path and want to post your name here, please send an e-mail to the Hurricane Victims Desk. For each person you are reporting for the list, include first and last name, age, hometown, state and a brief message. You may also include a phone number or e-mail address where those on the list may be reached. The list will be updated regularly."
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/list/

SunHerald.com, Mississippi : Finding Help, Giving Aid

Resources from Mississippi Sun Hearald for the gulf coast region: information about specific people and storm regions, etc. Check out the local news coverage.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/special_packages/hurricane_katrina/12537411.htm

Missing Persons Information Board/Database and more

Nola - Everything New Orleans website provides the following resources: Missing Persons information board and rescue database, volunteer information, home availability for the displaced, information on the status of New Orleans neighborhoods, 24/7 live hurricane chat room, real stories, and much more.
http://www.nola.com/

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Stepping Up to Help, Who's Next?

"We are asking each soror to contribute to the AKA Disaster Relief Fund - Hurricane Katrina. Funds will be used to assist sorors, as their needs are assessed by the regional directors in the affected regions. Chapter Basilei are asked to collect contributions from chapter members and send one check payable to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., indicate Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund in the memo section. Funds should be mailed to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, 5656 S. Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. General Members, please follow the same instructions for payee, and mail checks to the Corporate Office.

Sorors open your hearts and give generously. We are committed to help our sorors who have been affected by the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. " Linda M. White, Supreme Basileus, AKA
http://www.aka1908.com/

Donation Links from Transafricanforum: Giving even a little helps!

Hurricane Katrina Relief Organizations at
http://www.transafricaforum.org/KatrinaRelieflOrganizations.html

Can't find a missing relative or friend?

Submit a missing/stranded persons request with the US Coast Guards

http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do

The Coast Guard strongly urges people in distress in the New Orleans area contact the search and rescue emergency lines for the State Office of Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge , La.:
(225) 925-7708
(225) 925-7709
(225) 925-3511
(225) 925-7412

Additional Phone Numbers:

IN LOUISIANA, Louisiana State Police:

(225) 922-0325
(225) 922-0332
(225) 922-0333
(225) 922-0334
(225) 922-0335
(225) 922-0341
(225) 925-7398

IN MISSISSIPPI, Call the State EOC at (601) 360-0054

IN ALABAMA, or
To inquire about family and friends that did not evacuate the Greater New Orleans area contact the American Red Cross at the following number:
(866) 438-4636

Hurricane Housing

Hurricane Katrina has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. But thousands of people throughout the region are stepping into the breach to offer free shelter to those in need.
http://www.hurricanehousing.org/

Arkansas State University Accepting Displaced Students

A number of colleges and universities, including the one where I work,
are accepting students who have been displaced by the hurricane. In the
case of Arkansas State University, any student from Arkansas who has
been displaced can attend this fall with a full scholarship for tuition
and fees, all they have to pay is room/board and books. Students from
anywhere else can attend here this fall at the in-state rate. Many other
schools are doing the same thing to help keep these kids in school, so
if you know or are one of these students, please pass along the word.

Lisa Schmitt
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Arkansas State University
lrschmitt_1@yahoo.com

Help United Negro College Fund Schools in Katrina's Path

http://www.uncf.org/webfeature/lomax_katrina.asp

Many Historically Black Colleges’libraries and cultural artifacts in the area that
may have been severely damaged or lost. “Three UNCF member schools—Dillard
and Xavier  Universities in New   Orleans and Tougaloo  College in Mississippi—
were hit hard by the hurricane. These colleges need help, and they need it now.
We have established a special fund to help these hurricane-ravaged schools.”
MichaelL. Lomax, Ph.D. President and CEO United Negro College Fund.

Donations Needed: Links to Donor Sites

The online community Craigslist lists the links to several emergency organizations.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/about/help/katrina_aid.html

BlackAmericanWeb.com Relief Fund
P.O. Box 803209
Dallas, TX 75380-3209
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/relief/

American Red Cross
800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English
800-257-7575 Spanish

The American Red Cross has mobilized thousands of volunteers to respond
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Red Cross plans to send
close to 2,000 volunteers in the area to begin the initial response in the
next few days.

The Salvation Army

1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
The Salvation Army National Headquarters
P.O. Box 269
Alexandria, VA 22313

Catholic Charities

(800) 919-9338
Catholic Charities' niche in disaster relief is to provide
long-term recovery work. Based on past disasters, possible long-term
services that Catholic Charities may provide include temporary and permanent
housing, direct assistance beyond food and water to get people back into their
homes, job placement counseling, and medical and prescription drug assistance.
To help communities recover from the damage brought on by Hurricane Katrina,
Catholic Charities USA is collecting financial donations that will
fund agencies' emergency and long-term disaster recovery efforts. 

Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD)

(800) 334-7626, ext. 512
On behalf of Episcopalians, ERD has sent emergency funds immediately
to the Diocese of Mississippi. This emergency assistance will help
vulnerable people whose homes are destroyed or severely damaged. ERD support
will help the diocese provide aid to community members through two mobile
response trailers, which are equipped with supplies like chainsaws and
generators to assist in the recovery. We are waiting to hear what kind of
aid is most needed in Louisiana. We have also offered emergency assistance
to dioceses likely to be affected as the storm moves inland, including Alabama
and Tennessee. To make a contribution to help people affected by Hurricane
Katrina, please donate to the US Hurricane Fund by credit card at er-d.org or
by calling 1-800-334-7626, ext. 5129. Gifts can be mailed to: Episcopal
Relief and Development, c/o US Hurricane Fund, PO Box 12043, Newark, NJ 07101.

Aren't We All Starting to Wonder.....

“It's Thursday. Hurricane Katrina hit on Monday. People are still wandering around with out food, water, other supplies, and a place to lay their heads at night. If reporters can get in (with the food and water they need to sustain themselves) to report from the areas devastated by the hurricane why can't others with food and water for those affected also get in? If helicopters can fly in to send us back pictures of people huddled on highways and wading through water to get to higher ground why can't we fly helicopters in to drop those people food, water, and supplies until we can get them out? What's stopping us from dropping some personnel where there are large gatherings of refugees, triaging the group, evacuating those in the worst conditions, and leaving supplies for the rest until we can go back and get them? What is stopping us from dropping leaflets to let people know what's going on? What's stopping us from setting up temporary public address systems to let people know what's going on?” taken from unknown web blog.