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