Support Hurricane Relief

If you haven't done so already, please consider supporting any number of organizations such as:

Search Dog Foundation--they train dogs for Urban Search and Rescue Teams.

Feed the Children--they do exactly that and they are trucking in supplies with the help of corporate partners.

Red Cross--they are the biggest and are on the scene.

If you are part of a religious community, consider giving to an organization associated with it. I'm currently a member at a Presbyterian Church. Thus, I'll give some support to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.

Hugh Hewitt gives some good reasons why: Churches are always excellent conduits to the communities they serve, and can be trusted to be judicious yet generous with the aid they are provided. I will be recommending to my Presbyterian Church session that we offer to "adopt" a sister congregation like, say, The First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans, and send aid via that church.
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Institution-to-institution relief will be the long term solution once the short term humanitarian crisis passes.

Check out what the Hands On Network is doing. They are partnering with the Red Cross in Montgomery and Baton Rouge.

I've been a supporter of their affiliates in the cities I've lived in: Greater DC Cares, Hands on Bay Area (formerly Hands on San Francisco) and LA Works.

Major League Baseball will be collecting money for relief in ballparks on September 7th and will match up to $1 million. LA Works will be helping at Dodger's Stadium to collect funds during games on September 5-7.

California League Minor League Baseball teams in the Southland are contributing as well: Lancaster Jethawks, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Lake Elsinore Storm and Inland Empire 66ers have been collecting for the Red Cross and have said they will match up to $10,000. I'm surprised to see that the High Desert Mavericks have no such indications on their web page. I hope that is just an oversight by their web master.

To find other agencies check Glenn Reynold's round-up of agencies over at Instapundit.

Also check Truth Laid Bear's list of charities.