FLOOD NEW ORLEANS WITH RELIEF

TODAY IS NATIONAL BLOG FOR RELIEF DAY

please read, comment, and link this post

but most of all

PLEASE DONATE I suggest that you donate monies immediately to:

The American Red Cross
RedCross.org
1-800-HELP-NOW
or
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat.org
(229) 924-6935, ext. 2551

Here are some other charities I also feel are very worthwhile (especially long-term):

• The Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
• Armed Forces Retirement Home (800) 332-3527
• America's Second Harvest 1 800 771-2303

HERE is a comprehensive list of all the blogs participating in Blog For Relief Day and even more charities helping out

$ 102,462 raised by bloggers so far!! (4:53pm)

*Unsure which charities are reputable? Go to CharityNavigator.org for a comprehensive evaluation of American Charities, and what they're doing with your money.
*PennyWit.Com is keeping abreast of charity scams. Be careful!

Chuck Simmons is following which corporations have donated to the Relief Efforts so far. And I'm glad to see Hollywood has raised it's eyebrows. Well done. You go Morgan Freeman.

WHAT IS LA DOING?? Not much...but here is what I can find. Aunt Beep will be organizing something over the next couple weeks. If you have ideas, or want to help please email mail@auntbeep.com

• WilWheaton.net and PokerStars.com are sponsoring an online poker tournament Sept. 12 & 14
• And Blogging.la is keeping on top of things, and is encouraging the good idea of a loose change donation. Love it.
• LAObserved has also joined Blog For Relief Day
• and...that's all so far folks. (PLEASE let me know if there are more!)

UPDATE: 8:16am - Log Your Contribution and lets keep a running tab on what we raise today - who said American's were stingy??

I found out about a cool website- Strengthen The Good - which facilitates chairitable fundraising through the Blogosphere. They have a matching funds drive going.

Snarkywood takes on Katrina as only Snarkywood can.