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Other Organizations Providing Help
Download an information sheet about United Way's response to Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita.Hurricane Assistance
- Now more than ever, traditional donations to United Way are needed so that
all of our agencies will have the resources they need to help hurricane
evacuees, while continuing to provide services to citizens of Pulaski County.
- United Way's Emergency Food and Shelter Program has provided
Catholic Charities of Arkansas with $67,000 to assist evacuees. United Way
has also used funds from the City of North Little Rock and private donors to
provide evacuees with $25,000 in gas vouchers, bus tickets, and prescription
medications.
- United Way’s strong, year-round support of local disaster relief
organizations such as the the
Red Cross,
Salvation Army, and
Arkansas Foodbank Network,
helps enable these organizations to immediately mobilize when disaster
strikes.
- Payroll giving make it easy to donate. Giving just a few dollars
per paycheck adds up to a significant donation over the course of the year.
This disaster is going to take many months of recovery.
- Local United Way agencies that aren't usually involved in disaster relief,
such as Helping Hand of Greater Little Rock, St. Francis House, the Boy Scouts and
Camp Aldersgate, are providing
shelter and support services for evacuees. Agencies such as
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and
Our House will begin working with
evacuees once they leave temporary shelters.
- In the months to come, most of Central Arkansas’s health and human
service agencies will expend resources helping the thousands of people
displaced by Hurricane Katrina and Rita. While many evacuees have left
Arkansas, others plan to stay here permanently. These evacuees will need jobs,
schools, services for their children, health care, and permanent housing.
- Unless otherwise designated by the donor, gifts made to Heart of
Arkansas United Way stay here in Central Arkansas. Donations to national disaster
relief organizations will not necessarily come back to Arkansas.
- Heart of Arkansas United Way has started the Hurricane Evacuee Assistance
Fund to help evacuees in Arkansas. United Way is partnering with Catholic
Charities of Arkansas, which has decades of experience helping refugees. You
may write in Hurricane Evacuee Assistance Fund on your pledge card.
- United Way can forward disaster recovery contributions to the community of
your choice. Send a check, along with a note clearly stating the community or
zip code you would like to receive your contribution.
- Donors may also make an electronic gift for Hurricane Katrina recovery
through United Way of America’s website at
https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/hurricane-katrina/donate/
 The
Salvation Army in Central Arkansas continues to assist evacuees from the areas
devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Appointments can be made by calling
374-9296. Currently, they are assisting families and individuals by giving them
debit cards to use for their personal needs. The organizations is also assisting
with prescriptions and clothing as needed.
Financial donations are needed to assist with hurricane relief efforts. Anyone wanting to make a donation can call
1-800 SAL-ARMY, visit the
donations page, or mail a check to Salvation Army Disaster Relief,
P.O. Box 1897, Little Rock, AR 72203.
The American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas is
operating shelters in counties that have a Red Cross chapter. There is a
KARE registration
center operating in every Arkansas county. The Red Cross is helping
evacuees sign up with FEMA, and is providing meals and other necessities.
If you would like to become a Red Cross
volunteer, visit
www.redcrosslittlerock.org
and click on the Volunteer link. Red Cross is planning to train new volunteers.
The American Red Cross national office announced that they launching a $130
million campaign for Hurricane Katrina recovery. To donate or learn more, please
visit
www.redcross.org If you would like your
donation to stay here in Arkansas, contact the local office at (501) 748-1004,
P.O. Box 191051, Little Rock, AR 72219
Other United Way agencies who are helping
evacuees include:
Arkansas Foodbank Network
Camp Aldersgate
St. Francis House
Boy Scouts of America, Quapaw
Area Council
Bess C. Stephens YWCA
Family Service Agency
Jacksonville Senior Center
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas
YMCA of Metropolitan Little Rock
The Governor's Office is coordinating statewide hurricane relief with Operation
Kare
This website has lots of helpful information regarding state and federal
agencies.
Catholic Charities of Arkansas is helping
evacuees through their Hurricane Relief Office: 664-0340
Arkansas Rice Depot
needs 5 types of kits to distribute to evacuees: Personal Care Kits, Household
Kits, Emergency Food Packs, Children's Disaster Kits, Layette Kits. Visit their
website or call 556-8855 for more information.
Alltel has equipped Alltel Arena
with 50 computers with Internet access and phones with free long-distance
calling for evacuees in Arkansas. The center will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. as long as there is a need. The facility is also serving as a resource
center. The email address
katrinasurvivorslittlerock@alltel.com
has been established for local agencies to send information to evacuees at
Alltel.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, HUD,has set up a toll-free number to help evacuees
with housing concerns: 1-888-297-8685. For more information, visit
www.hud.gov/news/index.cfm
The Little Rock Regional Chamber of
Commerce, in cooperation with the City of Little Rock and the Little
Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau, offers this site to match workers displaced
by Hurricane Katrina with potential Central Arkansas Employers.Little
Rock Chamber of Commerce 501.374.2001
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