COAngel
09-02-2005, 11:35 PM
Do you have temporary housing to offer Katrina victims and families? Perhaps an extra bedroom, den or basement for a few months? Housing needed in all 50 states. If so, please post it here: http://www.nola.com/forums/homesavailable
Don't have any housing to offer, but want to help? There are several things you can do. Forward this email to EVERYONE on your email list. Forward/fax this email this to all of your local radio and tv stations and ask them to please post this information on their website and/or air a story on it.
? We urgently need volunteers to print up flyers containing housing information and mail, fax, hand distribute and or/post it in places wherever the evacuees have been taken to. To obtain a housing flyer, simply email beach@beachbound.net with Subject Line: KATRINA HOUSING FLYER. Please list the city you will be working on in the body of your email. You will receive an emailed WORD Document within 12 hours. We recommend making copies on brightly colored paper if you have it so that it the flyers will stand out. You can also contact local host families in your area and provide them with additional clothing, food and supplies for their Katrina family.
Other things you can do if you live close to an evacuee center, church or shelter:
? Help with efforts in matching the volunteer host families with the Katrina families
? Offer internet access to or make phone calls for Katrina families
? Offer to enter Katrina family info onto the websites so that they can secure housing and give them your phone number as a contact
? Contact your local bus company and request and help coordinate free bus tickets for these families to these locations
You can easily search the nola website (http://www.nola.com/forums/homesavailable) by keyword, by City and/or by State. Remember, new offers for housing are being added continually. As of September 2nd, we currently have over 2,200 posts and expect that number to reach 5,000+ shortly.
COLORADO CARES ABOUT KATRINA VICTIMS. IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO.
UNITED WE STAND. AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS.
COAngel
Other websites coordinating temporary housing efforts include:
http://www.katrinahousing.org
http://www.openyourhome.com
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
http://www.worldslist.com/us
http://www.neworleans.craigslist.org
Don't have any housing to offer, but want to help? There are several things you can do. Forward this email to EVERYONE on your email list. Forward/fax this email this to all of your local radio and tv stations and ask them to please post this information on their website and/or air a story on it.
? We urgently need volunteers to print up flyers containing housing information and mail, fax, hand distribute and or/post it in places wherever the evacuees have been taken to. To obtain a housing flyer, simply email beach@beachbound.net with Subject Line: KATRINA HOUSING FLYER. Please list the city you will be working on in the body of your email. You will receive an emailed WORD Document within 12 hours. We recommend making copies on brightly colored paper if you have it so that it the flyers will stand out. You can also contact local host families in your area and provide them with additional clothing, food and supplies for their Katrina family.
Other things you can do if you live close to an evacuee center, church or shelter:
? Help with efforts in matching the volunteer host families with the Katrina families
? Offer internet access to or make phone calls for Katrina families
? Offer to enter Katrina family info onto the websites so that they can secure housing and give them your phone number as a contact
? Contact your local bus company and request and help coordinate free bus tickets for these families to these locations
You can easily search the nola website (http://www.nola.com/forums/homesavailable) by keyword, by City and/or by State. Remember, new offers for housing are being added continually. As of September 2nd, we currently have over 2,200 posts and expect that number to reach 5,000+ shortly.
COLORADO CARES ABOUT KATRINA VICTIMS. IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO.
UNITED WE STAND. AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS.
COAngel
Other websites coordinating temporary housing efforts include:
http://www.katrinahousing.org
http://www.openyourhome.com
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
http://www.worldslist.com/us
http://www.neworleans.craigslist.org