How can we help hurricane katrina

October Americares awards the St. Thomas Clinic in New Orleans with a grant to help them continue to provide care to those in need. November St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans receives eight temporary shelter structures. July Coastal Family Health Center opens a new mobile medical clinic made possible with Americares support. Our support for local health organizations working to meet the needs of storm survivors began a decade of expanding and improving access for people in need to health services in the U.

When we submit our individual selves to the collective as Americans, we do so largely of our own free will, and because our submission is made freely, this country has through its history been able to at times act with an unmatched collective will.

We have only one another to rely on. Call me sentimental but I believe in the general goodness of people, particularly the American people, and I believe that that goodness will pull us through. The guys in the platoon had taken up a collection.

Contact us at letters time. Not Alone. Back To Home. By Elliot Ackerman. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Need help? Households need to plan how they will deal with disasters that occur in their neighborhood, how they will stay informed and what they will do if they are separated during the emergency. The Red Cross asks everyone to make their disaster plans now to ensure their household is ready should an emergency happen.

Information about what individuals, schools and businesses can do to be prepared is available on this web site. There is even a special program - The Pillowcase Project - to teach children about personal and family preparedness. The Red Cross has people, systems and plans in place to respond to disasters. On this tenth anniversary of Katrina, visit the preparedness information available here and make sure you and your loved ones are ready should disaster affect your community.

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission.