03:10 PM CDT on Monday, September 12, 2005

News 4 Hurricane Relief Effort: Donate now

To assist evacuees in St. Louis

City of St. Louis Katrina Relief Web site: http://stlcin.missouri.org/release/getpressdetails.cfm?Auto=947

St. Louis County Katrina relief: http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/index.cfm?ViewMe=5916

St. Louis County volunteer hotline: (314) 646-3000

St. Louis FRIENDS assist evacuees: More information

Mers Goodwill: http://mersgoodwill.org/charity/

Missouri State Emergency Management Agency: http://sema.dps.mo.gov/semapage.htm

Illinois Katrina supplies collection sites: http://www.illinois.gov/dropoff.cfm

St. Louis Metro Baptist Assoc. homes and church bldgs for evacuees: (636) 227-1383 / (314) 488-5859

National relief organizations

Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW or https://www.redcross.org/

Network for Good: www.networkforgood.org

Episcopal Relief & Development: 1-800-334-7626 or http://www.er-d.org/

United Methodist Committee on Relief: 1-800-554-8583 or http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/hurricanes/2005/

Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY or http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/

Catholic Charities: 1-800-919-9338 or http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/

FEMA Charity tips: http://www.fema.gov/rrr/help2.shtm

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: http://www.nvoad.org/

Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: http://www.la-spca.org/

Local pet stores collect supplies for Katrina pets More information

Hotlines

Louisiana Hurricane Hotline (225) 925-7500

Louisiana State information (225) 342-8100

Louisiana State Police (225) 754-8500

Louisiana Roads Hotline 800-469-4828

Mississippi Roads Hotline 800-222-6362

Other links

National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

National Weather Service: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/bigmain.html

Hydrologic Information Center (river flooding): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/index.html

Federal Emergency Management Agency: http://www.fema.gov/

Louisiana Homeland Security: http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/

City of New Orleans: http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx

Louisiana Governor's Office: http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Information on New Orleans and nearby communities http://www.nola.com/