Disaster officials recommend the following Web sites (some sites may respond slowly due to increased traffic): 

Donate & Volunteer

• Network for Good

• American Red Cross -- (800) HELP- NOW

• Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575

• Salvation Army -- (800) SAL -ARMY

• Florida Hurricane Relief Fund

• America's Second Harvest -- (800) 771-2303

• Catholic Charities USA -- (800) 919-9338

• B'nai B'rith International -- (888) 388-4224

• United Jewish Communities

• Union for Reform Judaism

• Church World Service -- (800) 297-1516 ext 222

• MercyCorps -- (888) 256-1900

• Noah’s Wish -- (530) 622-9313

• North Shore Animal League -- (877) 4savepet

• Operation Blessing -- (800) 730-2537

• Episcopal Relief and Development -- (800) 334-7626

• Habitat for Humanity -- (800) HABITAT

• The United Way -- (800) 272-4630

• Humane Society of America -- (888) 259-5431

• ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923

• Lutheran Disaster Response -- (800) 638-3522

• Mennonite Disaster Service -- (800) 348-7468

• Water Missions International -- (843) 769-7395

• United Methodist Committee on Relief -- (800) 554-8583

• The Baton Rouge Area Foundation -- (877) 387-6126

• Society of St. Vincent de Paul

• Samaritan’s Purse -- (800) 665-2843

• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee -- (800) 55-CRWRC

• Food for the Hungry -- (877) 780-4261 ext 2506

• Northwest Medical Teams -- (800) 959-4325

• World Relief -- (800) 535-5433

• Adventist Development Relief Agency -- (800) 424-2372

• Southern Baptist Convention -- (888) 571-5895

• Save the Children -- (800) 728-3843

• International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462

• American Friends Service Committee -- (888) 588-2378

• AmeriCares -- (800) 486-4357

• International Aid -- (800) 251-2502

• International Medical Corps -- (800) 481-4462

• International Orthodox Christian Charities -- (877) 803 4622

• International Relief and Development, Inc. -- (703) 248-0161

• International Relief Teams -- (619) 284-7979

• International Rescue Committee -- (877) 733-8433

• Life for Relief and Development -- (800) 827-3543

• MAP International -- (866) 627-4483

• Mercy (M-USA) -- (800) 55-MERCY

• Operation USA -- (800) 678-7255

• Oxfam America -- (800) 77OXFAM

• Relief International -- (800) 573-3332

• World Concern -- (800) 755-5022 ext. 0

Get Help

• Department of Homeland Security

• FEMA

• American Red Cross -- (800) HELP- NOW

• Alabama Emergency Management Agency

• Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

• Official Web site of Louisiana

• Mississippi Homeland Security

• Florida Division of Emergency Management

Locate the Missing

• Hurricane Katrina Official Government Website

• National Next of Kin Registry

• Homeport: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Assistance

• Hurricane Katrina Connection message board

• Alabama Hospital Association

• ICRC’s Family News Network

Find Local Information

• Louisiana: NOLA.com

• Alabama: WPMI.com

• Mississippi: WLOX ABC 13

• Alabama: AL.com

• Florida: PensecolaNewsJournal.com

• Mississippi: Sun Herald

• Mississippi: The Clarion-Ledger

• NOLA.com Blog

• NOLA.com Missing Persons Forum

• 2theadvocate.com Blog

• Hurricane Katrina Connection message board

• Alabama Power

• Mississippi: Mississippi Power

• Florida: Florida Power and Light

• Florida: Florida Public Utilities

• Louisiana/Mississippi: Entergy

• NOAA: Aerial images of Katrina damage