How to help Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
Photo credit: World Central Kitchen; preparing sandwiches in New Orleans in a power outage, August 30, 2021
Almost 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina tore through Louisiana, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category 4 storm last night.
The citizens of Louisiana woke up this morning to assess the damage, which so far includes power outages for more than one million people, destruction to buildings, flooding and awaiting rescue, with 911 down in some areas.
These two vetted nonprofits have been on the ground since before the storm hit, preparing to respond immediately to the dire needs of New Orleans and the rest of the state. Your gift to World Central Kitchen or All Hands and Hearts will allow them to meet the immediate needs of hard-hit communities.
Support these organizations and the people of Louisiana with a tax-deductible gift by either:
Logging on to your Goodnation account and searching for the organizations by name, when you can then make a gift with your preferred payment method, including credit card, check, DAF, wire or stocks;
Signing up for your free Goodnation account;
Or emailing Emily Ball, Philanthropy Advisor.
World Central Kitchen was on the ground before Ida hit, preparing sandwiches for local shelters housing the homeless community.
Despite the power outages, today they are preparing more sandwiches and cooking and serving meals from their Relief Food Truck for those in need.
All Hands and Hearts Disaster Assessment Response Team (DART) has been stationed in Texas since August 27 in order to quickly move to Louisiana once safe.
They anticipate the initial need to include chainsaw work, roof tarping, mold sanitizing and mucking and gutting. They have a team in the area who can jump into action, and they will call in additional support as needed.
