All of us have turned on the news and witnessed the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area. If you're interested in helping out the evacuees and survivors of this horrible tragedy, there are a number of local and national groups who are accepting donations -- both cash and material goods. For more information, you can check any of these links.
The American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
Operation Blessing: www.ob.org
Doctors Without Borders/Medecin sans Frontieres: www.doctorswithoutborders.org
To offer housing: www.hurricanehousing.org
America's Second Harvest: www.secondharvest.org
The Salvation Army: www.salvationarmyusa.org
To help with animal welfare relief operations: www.noahswish.org