District Response to the Tornado Disaster
in the New Orleans East Area
1. Ace Necaise, Chair of the District 6840 Foundation, has notified the District that the Foundation will receive and disburse financial contributions by check [See below]. We are looking into other means for donations as well.
A. Clubs and individuals can donate at:
Rotary District 6840 Foundation
c/o Alford & Alford
384 Voters Road Suite 103
Slidell, LA 70461
Please put the wordN.O. disasterin the memo line.
B. Clubs may apply for a grant from the Foundation for recovery work. Go torotary6840.organd click on the District 6840 Foundation tab. On the next page click on the Project Request and Acceptance Form in the left column.
a. For questions about financial contributions or club grants, contact Ace Necaise at .
2. Fundamentally three basic avenues of service have been highlighted by various agencies in need of assistance:
A. Volunteers to continue to assist with recovery efforts.
B. Restocking of the “saved stores” which were utilized by the various agencies in the immediate response to the tragedy – i.e., response items were used up and need to be replenished
C. Financial assistance for responding agencies – their response has hit the budgets of several non-profit agencies that have responded generously. This places a burden upon them for their fiscal year.
3. Agencies Responding to the Disaster include are, but are not limited to:
A. The American Red Cross – www.redcross.org/local/louisiana
a. They are asking if at all possible and desirable that Rotarians go through their Disaster Volunteer Training so that when this or the next problem arises Rotarians will be able to assist immediately.
B. United Way of Southeast Louisiana/Hands On new Orleans – www.handsonneworleans.org or at www.unitedwaysela.org
a. Click on Tornado Response
C. St. Bernard Project – http://sbpusa.org
D. City Church of New Orleans – http://citychurchno.com
a. Click on Tornado Response
E. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans – www.ccano.org
a. Click on Catholic Charities Tornado Relief Efforts
F. Volunteers of America – https://www.voagno.org/
G. Second Harvest Food Bank – www.no-hunger.org
H. The Salvation Army – http://salvationarmyalm.org/nola
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