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Hurricane Katrina Response - Ways You Can Help
1. Please pray for the relief workers and cleanup/rebuilding volunteers.
2. Donate cash gifts to help pay for the purchase of food and relief supplies.
3. Collect relief items. The following are currently being requested by relief centers in Louisiana and Mississippi:
| Non-perishable food |
Shampoo |
| Bottled water |
Toilet paper |
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Cleaning supplies |
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| Bleach |
Bug repellant |
| Kitchen items (pots, pans, utensils in good, usable condition) |
Hand soap |
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Folding chairs | |
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Folding tables | |
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Deodorant (men's and women's) | |
Please call our Hurricane Response Hotline at (402) 371-9313 for the nearest receiving location for donated items, or send them to:
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk Warehouse
606 Phillip Ave
Norfolk, NE 68701
4. VOLUNTEER: Orphan Grain Train is in need of additional semi and pickup truck drivers. If you are in good health and have had a physical exam within the past two years, please call our Hurricane Response Hotline: (402) 371-9313.
For hands-on volunteer opportunities on the Gulf Coast, please call: (228) 594-0008 for Camp Biloxi and (888) 248-2636 for Camp Restore in New Orleans, or visit www.lcmsrelief.org.
* Current immunizations are a must! The usual childhood immunizations are necessary and immunizations for Hepatitis A and B are strongly suggested. Rabies vaccination is not necessary. Please check with your doctor to see what specific immunizations you may need to update before volunteering on this project.
(Please refer back to this list from time to time, as the list of needs will be updated to reflect the requests that we have received.)
Hurricane Katrina page
Ways You Can Help
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