Austin Katrina Aid
By Karl-Thomas Musselman
Now that Austin has been added as another hub of help for aiding Katrina victims, many Austin bloggers have found resources that may be of use for those of us in the Capitol City trying to figure out how we can help.
Volunteer: 974-1110 (City-staffed hotline)
Food: 282-2111 (Austin Food Data Bank)
Clothing: 6519 Burnett Lane (Goodwill drop-off - actually also at any Goodwill store location)
First, the City of Austin's official page. Clicking on the How to Help page is important because in some cases they are asking volunteers to not just show up but call to ask how best to help. We don't want to get in the way of logistics so stay on top of the updates. If you are in search of help as a refugee, there is information there for you too.
Austin Helping New Orleans is a new site that has popped up also helping to coordinate information. They have let us know that the Austin Convention Center, NOT the Tony Burger Center, is now the headquarters for evacuee activities.
The city is requesting bedding donations for the following items: air mattresses, cots, folding lawn chairs, wash cloths, towels and anything that would make the refugees comfortable.
Donations need to be taken to the Freescale Campus at 3501 Ed Bluestein Blvd. or the Trinity Street entrance of the Austin Convention Center.
The Bicycle Sport Shop is also asking for donations of new or used bicycles, parts, helmets, bags, racks, or other cycling accessories to help refugees from Hurricane Katrina at the 517 S. Lamar location for delivery to Houston on Sunday, so if you have anything it needs to be dropped off today.
If you can help out with techie work at the centers, look here.
News 8 Austin has a good roundup story, and lets us know there are 5000 refugees on the way to our city.
There is a Benefit Concert Sunday, September 4.
Location: 6510 Berkman Drive. Time: 7:30 PM
Posted by Karl-Thomas Musselman at September 3, 2005 05:54 PM
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How would we go about helping one woman, with perhaps, a small new, baby? We have a small, room that I could clear-out, and we relate, to being a single mother and alone. Please advise.We could drive anywhere in Austin, to get them. We are not well-off, but, we can share. We will clothe, befriend, and feed her and her child. We are former residents of Buras, Louisiana. We have been in Texas for 30 years. We have 5 adult children and 7 Grandkids, here in Austin. Molly & Billy Falgout xoxo ( this e-mail, or 512/263-2677.)
