New Orleanians need help right now, but they're not the only ones. Links on this page can be used to volunteer time or resources to help a number of different groups...even animals. This is a short list, so please let me know what links you would like to see added to this page.
Hurricane Relief/Gulf Rebuilding
- Grassroots Katrina Fundraising Long list of local and grassroots groups
- Musicians Katrina Relief Fund Help Preservation Hall help New Orleans
- Tipitina's Foundation Help New Orleans musicians help themselves
- Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund Help jazz musicians get back on their feet
Support the troops
- Fisher House Help military families in their time of need
- Operation Uplink Help military personnel stay in touch with their families
More ways to help
- Share Our Strength Help end childhood hunger
- Reach Out and Read Get books to children through doctors and nurses
- Humane Society of the US Promote the protection of animals
- Best Friends Help abandoned animals...even ones in disasters and war zones