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The Seattle Times and KING 5 TV have joined efforts in NorthWest Response, a communitywide effort to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. You can donate at any US Bank in the name of Hurricane Relief — NorthWest Response. All money raised will go to the American Red Cross.
What will a $100 donation toward the Hurricane Katrina relief effort do?
It will allow a four-person family to eat for two days, provide them with two cases of drinking water and a home clean-up kit, which has cleaning supplies, mops and buckets, the Salvation Army estimates.
For every $1 donated to the relief effort, the Salvation Army uses 83 cents to deliver meals and clean water to disaster victims and provide emergency shelter, cleanup volunteer teams and counseling. To donate, visit www.salvationarmyusa.org.
Launching its largest effort to date, the American Red Cross puts 91 cents of every $1 toward its projects, with the remainder going to administration and fund-raising expenses. Hurricane Katrina donations are helping the Red Cross provide shelter for 94,000 evacuees, medical relief for victims and 500,000 hot meals daily.
To make sure your donation is used for the hurricane-relief effort, the Red Cross asks you to specify on checks by writing "Hurricane 2005 Relief" in the memo field, or clicking that option on your online donation forms at www.redcross.org.
You want to send money; relief agencies need it. But how do you know if the organization is legitimate or will use your money wisely? These tips can help.
• Basic questions: What's the name and address of the charity? Is the charity registered or licensed? How much money goes toward programs? And in the case of paid fund-raisers, how much money do they keep and how much goes to the charity?
• The Web site of the American Institute of Philanthropy, www.charitywatch.org, issues letter grades and gives details on about 500 charities nationwide.
• The site www.guidestar.org doesn't evaluate charities, but it provides a database on about 1 million U.S. nonprofits.
• The Better Business Bureau's wise-giving Web site, www.give.org , measures nonprofit agencies against 20 standards. The regional BBB offers more on local charities, online at www.thebbb.org . Or call 206-431-2222.
• Click on "charities" at www.secstate.wa.gov to find out if a charity or fund-raiser is registered with the state as required by law.
Restaurant fund-raisers
Stumbling Goat Bistro
50 percent of dinner proceeds to Red Cross
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 5-10 p.m., 6722 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle; 206-784-3535
Chow Foods fund-raisers at following Seattle restaurants:
50 percent of dinner sales to Mercy Corps
Sunday, Sept. 11, 5 p.m.
• Coastal Kitchen, 429 15th Ave. E.; 206-322-1145
• The Hi-Life, 5429 Russell Ave.; 206-784-7272
• The 5 Spot, 1502 Queen Anne Ave. N.; 206-285-7768
• Endolyne Joe's, 9261 45th Ave. S.W.; 206-937-JOES
• Atlas Foods, 2621 N.E. University Village; 206-522-6025
Ruth's Chris Steak House/Hurricane Relief
20 percent proceeds for three-day fund-raiser to Salvation Army Hurricane Katrina Relief-New Orleans
Tues-Thurs., Sept. 6-8;
• Seattle, 727 Pine St., 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Bellevue, 565 Bellevue Square, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Portland, 309 S.W. Third, 5-10 p.m.
Herbfarm Restaurant
100 percent of donations will go to Red Cross
Sept. 4, 4 p.m. Reservations needed; free dinner with donation of $250; 425-485-5300; www.theherbfarm.com
Ray's Boathouse
Funds raised go to Second Harvest, a national food-bank organization that will distribute to those in need affected by Hurricane Katrina.
For every salmon entrée sold during lunch or dinner during the month of September, $1 will be donated to Second Harvest; Ray's Boathouse, 6049 Seaview Ave. N.W., Seattle; 206-789-3770, www.rays.com, www.secondharvest.com
Concert fund-raisers
107.7 The End at Bumbershoot Festival
Donations accepted to the Red Cross. Today-tomorrow, Sept. 4-5, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. The End at Seattle Center at What's Next Stage in the Exhibition Hall today; Memorial Stadium tomorrow.
"KISW Rock for Relief," benefit concert and auction
Proceeds from admission and auction will go to the Red Cross. Sunday, Sept. 11, Showbox, 1426 First Ave., Seattle; $9.99 admission; see Web site for details; 206-421-ROCK; www.kisw.com
Music Aid Northwest Concert Fund-raiser
Hurricane Katrina Relief, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 5:30-9 p.m., Issaquah Community Center, 301 Rainier Blvd S., Issaquah; 425-392-6342 ; www.musicaidnorthwest.com
Blues Barbecue Benefit
Hurricane Katrina Relief to Red Cross. Sunday, Sept. 11, 3 p.m.; $20 reserved, $15 general. Tickets available at Tulalip Casino, ticketmaster.com or 206-628-0888. Tulalip Amphitheatre at Quil Ceda Village, 10400 Quil Ceda Blvd., Tulalip; www.tulalipamphitheatre.com. If you cannot attend, but would like to contribute, please contact 360-651-3530
Other fund-raisers
Edmonds Massage Center
Get a massage and donate with all proceeds to the Red Cross. Saturday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 6603 220th St. S.W., Mountlake Terrace; 425-776-1056.
KCTS Television and KOMO 4 TV
Fund-raising telethon to the Red Cross, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 7:30-9 p.m., Program airs live on KCTS.
Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce
Monetary donations for Biloxi Chamber of Commerce in Mississippi. Donate to Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce, 301 Pacific Ave., P.O. Box 229, Bremerton, WA 98337; 360-479-3579
The Big Picture Benefit Screening of "The Big Easy"
All proceeds of ticket and bar sales to Red Cross, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 7-8, doors open at 7:30 p.m., movie at 8:30 p.m., $10 admission. Wednesday: 2505 First Ave., Seattle, 206-256-0566. Thursday: Redmond Town Center, 7411 166th Ave. N.E., 425-556-0566. www.thebigpicture.net
Quality Food Centers
Accepting monetary donations to the Red Cross at 81 QFC stores; www.kroger.com
PetSmart Charities
Donations accepted. Mail your donation directly to: PetSmart Charities, 19601 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85027, Attn: Disaster Relief/Hurricane Katrina; www.petsmart.com/charities/index.shtml
Humane Society for Seattle/King County
Donations accepted to help animals affected by Hurricane Katrina. 425-373-5382, www.seattlehumane.org or checks payable to The Humane Society for Seattle/King County, Hurricane Katrina, 13212 S.E. Eastgate Way, Bellevue, WA 98005-4408.
Bean (Business Engineer Activist Network)
Donations to Red Cross
Sunday, Sept. 4, noon-4 p.m., Barbecue fund-raiser; Golden Gardens Park, 8498 Seaview Place N.W., Seattle; R.S.V.P. online; 501-325-2372; www.beanonline.org
Puyallup Fair
Donations to assist Communities In Schools chapters to meet immediate needs for school-related efforts for schoolchildren affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Sept. 9-25, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; 110 Ninth Ave. S.W., Puyallup. Donation booths inside the Gold Gate; www.thefair.com , 253-841-5045, www.ciswa.org
Camano Island's Big Quack Records
All online September sales to Red Cross of "One Ton of Ducks," a CD with various local musicians. To buy CD online: www.bigquack.com
Tacoma Rainiers
Monetary donations to the Red Cross
Today-tomorrow, gates open at noon; game time at 1:35 p.m. both days. Cheney Stadium, 2502 S. Tyler St., Tacoma; 253-752-7707; www.tacomarainiers.com
Project Teddy Bear
Collecting items for children affected by Hurricane Katrina
Items needed: stuffed animals, used blankets, coloring books, crayons. Sept. 5-8. Drop-box location: Margaret Mead Elementary, 1725 216th N.E., Sammamish.
• Volunteers available to take monetary donations and items Sept. 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. For other drop-box locations, e-mail jodyajohnson@gmail.com 425-443-7665.
Other charities
American Red Cross: 800-HELP-NOW, www.seattleredcross.org, or The American Red Cross of King & Kitsap Counties, P.O. Box 3097, Seattle, WA 98114-3097.
Boeing: The company will match dollar for dollar current employee contributions and 50 percent of retiree contributions to aid relief fund; Employees Community Fund for Hurricane Katrina Relief, The Boeing Co., Attn: Employees Community Fund of Boeing, Alabama, P.O. Box 240002, MC JV106, Huntsville, AL 35824-6402; www.boeing.com
Catholic Charities USA: 800-919-9338, or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 801-240-3544, or Humanitarian Aid Fund, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 50 E. North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150
CM Travel fund-raiser: Donations up to 2 percent of travel arrangements to Hurricane Katrina Fund: fund@cmtravelwashington.com; www.cmtrav.com
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Disaster Response: 800-638-3522, or www.elca.org/disaster
Episcopal Relief and Development: 800-334-7626, ext. 5129, or www.er-d.org
Islamic Relief: 888-479-4968; www.irw.org
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: Check payable to Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund, 2031 Third Ave., Seattle, WA 98121 or donate online, www.jewishinseattle.org
KIRO 7
"Hurricane Katrina: The Northwest Responds"
Monetary donations accepted at all Washington Mutual branch locations. All donations to the Red Cross.
Monday, Sept. 5, 8 p.m. televised news special; 206-374-1400 or kirotv.com
Lutheran Disaster Response: 800-638-3522
MercyCorps: 888-256-1900, or www.mercycorps.org
Northwest Medical Teams: 800-959-4325; www.nwmedicalteams.org
Orthodox Church in America: 877-803-4622, or International Orthodox Christian Charities "Hurricane Relief," P.O. Box 630225, Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
People's Institute for Survival and Beyond Fund: Peoples Institute NYC, P.O. Box 250809, New York, NY 10025; www.pisab.org
Presbyterian Church USA: 800-872-3283, or www.pcusa.org/pda
Salvation Army: 800-SAL-ARMY, or www.salvationarmyusa.org
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Fund: Checks payable to North American Mission Board (NAMB) can be mailed to: NAMB, P.O. Box 116543, Atlanta, GA 30368-6543, or www.sbc.net
United Jewish Communities: www.ujc.org or donate through local Jewish Federation. Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle: 206-443-5400
United Methodist Committee on Relief: 800-554-8583, or http://gbgm-umc.org/
United Air Mileage Plus donations: Through Oct. 31, any donation of $50 or more, a deposit of 500 miles in your Mileage Plus account. To donate, choose American Red Cross, AmeriCares or Operation USA at http://mymileageplus.com/. You also may donate miles by calling Mileage Plus Customer Service, 800-421-4655.
United Way of Snohomish County Hurricane Katrina Response Fund
Checks payable to United Way, Hurricane Katrina Response Fund, 917 134th St. S.W., Suite B-1, Everett, WA 98204 or online, www.uwsc.org
World Concern: www.worldconcern.org
World Relief: Hurricane Katrina, 7 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21202; 800-535-5433 www.worldrelief.org
World Vision: Hurricane Katrina, Checks payable to World Vision, P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-9716; 888-511-6413; www.worldvision.org
Other charity resources
For a complete list of charitable agencies recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, visit www.fema.gov/rrr/help2.shtm.
In addition, Louisiana sent out a request nationwide for help in its field hospitals and special-needs shelters.
Internal Revenue Service Disaster relief toll-free number
People affected by Hurricane Katrina who need help with tax matters. 866-562-5227; Monday-Friday; 7 a.m.-10 p.m. local time; sww.irs.gov
i58 Projects
Connect families left homeless with temporary housing in surrounding areas; www.i58projects.org
Trinity Lutheran College
Special-needs scholarship to students affected by Hurricane Katrina
College offers a year's tuition to college students displaced; Trinity Lutheran College, 4221 228th Ave. S.E., Issaquah. To qualify, call 800-843-5659 or www.tlc.edu.
Best Friends Animal Society
Reunites pets with people affected by Hurricane Katrina
Best Friends coordinates information with other emergency workers out in the field, who will make every effort to get to homes where pets have been left behind or otherwise spotted. Provide name, current contact information, address of animal's location, pet's name, detailed pet description and electronic photo if one is available. 435-644-3965, ext. 4455, e-mail hurricane@bestfriends.org. To join the volunteer effort: Best Friends Animal Society, www.bestfriends.org.or 435-644-2001. Donate funds to Best Friends Hurricane Relief Fund. All funds are being directed in full to the local rescue efforts for animals in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Find loved ones
To get information about loved ones, call the American Red Cross at 866-GET-INFO (438-4636). People can also go through the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN): www.salvationarmyusa.org or www.satern.org.
The official Hurricane Katrina government Web site, with information on finding loved ones, what to do if you're a victim, how to help, and government-agency resources: www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml
Compiled by Suesan Whitney Henderson, Seattle Times staff. 206-464-2296 or swhenderson@seattletimes.com.
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