I have an unopened case of newborn sized Pampers diapers...

[Kazak]

that I want to give to the survivors of the hurricane. What's is the easiest surest way for me to make sure that they get to someone who can use them? I'm a little stumped, thanks.

[Splatter Phoenix]

1. Same here. Kick for us both.

Don't want to entrust that kind of thing to the crooked bigots.

[bliss_eternal]

12. I found a link to this organization...

http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/?source=AOL

They seem to be a storing house of a variety of organizations that are offering help to the Katrina survivors.

Click on any of them that seem to provide the kind of help that you may want to help with (donating clothes, supplies, food, etc.) and you should be able to see where they have drop off places.

Also check with moveon.org.
They have set up quite a few homes that are willing to take in survivors. These people may welcome having someone send them supplies to offset the cost of taking in a family...

Just a few suggestions!
:hi:

Let me know if you need help finding anyone else!

[Splatter Phoenix]

16. Thanks much. ^_^

I'll pass that along to my mother, so she'll know where to mail them...

Guh, not sure if it'll get there in time to do any good, but every little bit helps, I guess...

[bliss_eternal]

18. Don't worry--I think everyone is doing continous pickups...

the help will be needed for quite some time...so don't worry.

Let me know how it goes.

I'm researching now to find places for people on DU to take, drop, send, etc. clothing and supplies. This will likely be at least one of the resources I utilize.

Thank you for being willing to get them what you have! It means a great deal to so many!

[auntAgonist]

2. There are people being

evacuated to a lot of different states. here in Michigan , Granholm is suggesting we check out the michigan.gov website for instructions. We are expecting some people to arrive at a barracks near Battle Creek soon, I'm hoping to take stuff there.. clothing etc.

[babylonsister]

3. I've been suggesting you go to your local

news website; should have some info there.

[mopinko]

4. local red cross?

people are being resettled in chicago, also. i think the local red cross office might be a little more able to accept and process non monetary items. but i do not know.
is there a good, non-fundie church near you that is settling people?

[bliss_eternal]

5. Kazak, where are you?

That may help in determining who the best contact is for you to take the diapers to...

[Kazak]

17. I live in Norman, Oklahoma.

Local Red Cross isn't accepting items. I wouldn't have a problem giving them to a church if I only knew who.

[bliss_eternal]

20. See post #16 above...

I think I recall seeing some drop off's for the organizations going out from OK.

Let us know if that works out for you! :hi:

[xmas74]

6. Local Red Cross.

They are bringing them to my town and a town about a half hour from me tomorrow afternoon and are asking for diapers, clothes, formula(small supply-will apply for WIC on Tues), blankets, pillows, shoes and hygiene products.

[bliss_eternal]

8. Wow--your Red Cross is great! Ours still isn't taking anything

other than money.

:shrug:

[xmas74]

9. We are a small town.

We need everything we can get. They have signs up all over town at all the grocery stores asking for item donations (and cash too, if you can). Drop off is right at customer service of the store.

They are also asking for people to sign a list if they have any old furniture in decent condition that can be donated and what it is (along w/ their name and phone number). If needed, they will contact and pick up when they find them permanent housing(which they already have in the works).
And the signs all said Red Cross.

[LynneSin]

10. There's a reason for that

The Red Cross doesn't have the capacity to store all the non-monetary donations and to sort it out. With the money donations they can use that to go in and buy large amounts of water, medical supplies and other basic necessities needed.

I was still volunteering at my local RC chapter when 9/11 happened and our chapter was hurting to get volunteers to help out with the number of checks being sent in that had to be processed through. So when I worked the phone banks Friday night we were told that anyone with non-monetary donations we were to tell them to contact their local shelters & food banks.

Poverty is still happening across this country and when major disasters happen, the local stuff seems to get forgotten and starts feeling the hurt.

[LynneSin]

7. Might I suggest donating them to your local shelter and here's why

This is what I learned from the night I worked as a volunteer for the Amer. Red Cross phone banks. The ARC does not have the capacity to accept supplies donation especially the small donations that many of us would love to send.

And tonight, there is probably a mother living in your hometown that is struggling to get by and can probably barely afford the diapers needed for her child.

Because of the overwhelmingly impossible task of accepting donations like the diapers, the ARC told us that anyone who had non-finanicial donations should give them to their local food bank or homeless shelter

[JimmyJazz]

11. I would give them to a local church collecting items for the hurricane

survivors. While you may or may not be religious, I can assure you that churches collecting items do a really good job of making sure the items get where they are going. They are really good at organizing volunteers to enter the damaged areas for clean up and for food distribution, etc.

[xmas74]

13. My church sends people to work on disasters all the time.

We have a couple of doctors who volunteer on a regular basis.

[JimmyJazz]

14. They really are very good about getting supplies to people and

really are non-profit - no high salaries of directors, just people who want to help.

[xmas74]

15. Very much so.

The senior women are quilting now and also knitting entire layettes for the victims.
They love to make things for babies and toddlers especially and they know this will be put to good use and be appreciated.

A few others are canning in preparation of some who will be settling in our area shortly. They are planning on bringing canned food and baked goods to get them settled in.

Small towns still do things like that and most of it is coordinated through the churches.

[bliss_eternal]

19. It's so wonderful...

It does my heart and soul so much good to see things like this. Thanks guys, for writing about this.

With so much hatred coming from alleged, 'christians' and some on the right...it's so great to hear of people that really do care about human beings.

[xmas74]

21. Most Christians do.

I'm proud to call myself a Christian on most days. I don't go out and tell everyone how to live but I try to live by example. I try to show compassion and do what I can to assist my brothers and sisters in need (as we are all brothers and sisters in the eyes of the Lord. That's as far as my religious indocrination will go here).
Most Christians try to live like this. They do good deeds w/o ever letting anyone even know about them. It's the ones who do evil deeds in the name of Christ that we hear about every single day and make all Christians sound like bad people.

[blondeatlast]

22. Consider offering them to a local safe house or shelter; you may well have

Katrina victims in your town as well.

I frequently am able to donate excess medical supplies this way; the Red Cross doesn't want them, but the shelters are always very grateful for them.