The American Red Cross opened a telephone hotline on Sunday to receive donations from citizens. The number is 1-800-435-7669. Other information on Red Cross emergency programs is available at the Red Cross Web site, www.redcross.org. And Red Cross shelter information for Louisiana is available by calling 1-800-469-4828.
Other relief organizations soliciting donations included:
Episcopal Relief & Development
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Salvation Army
Catholic Charities
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals