Need help donating goods to Katrina victims

[Christiern]

A friend of mine is the director of a day care center in Brooklyn. I made a poster for him urging people in the community to donate goods. The response was wonderful, so now there are 35 cartons, all neatly packed and marked with listing of content.

I have contacted the Red Cross and Salvation Army, but they are only interested in money and they make no referrals to other organizations. Does anyone have a suggestion? If so, please post or send me a PM.

Thanks,

Chris

[GA Russell]

Glad I can help!

St. Vincent de Paul Society

220 St. Vincent de Paul Place

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

UPS or FedEx is recommended.

[MartyJazz]

A friend of mine is the director of a day care center in Brooklyn. I made a poster for him urging people in the community to donate goods. The response was wonderful, so now there are 35 cartons, all neatly packed and marked with listing of content.

I have contacted the Red Cross and Salvation Army, but they are only interested in money and they make no referrals to other organizations. Does anyone have a suggestion? If so, please post or send me a PM.

Thanks,

Chris

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My sister who is an assistant director at the National Resources Defense Council strongly suggests this outfit:

http://www.secondharvest.org/

[Chuck Nessa]

Around here local churches have "banded together" and are running caravans of trucks to Mississippi and Louisiana.

[Christiern]

Thanks, everybody--I have passed this information on to my friends in Brooklyn. Will keep you posted.

Chris