HELP OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!
For all of you who have clothing that you have melted out of, here is a great way to help our brothers and sisters trying to survive the hurricane disaster. I keep reading that there is a desperate need for plus size clothing, including bras and underwear. These poor women have been reduced to wearing trashbags! Lets all round up what we can and send it to our sisters in need. Also there is a need for maternity wear, as well as diapers and assorted baby goods.
I've looked around online and this is what I could find:
An address to send plus size clothing to:
Helping Hands for Texas
c/o Alamo Premier Mortgage Group
10223 281 Freeway, Suite 200
http://www.sohmission.org/needs.html
Mailing Address:
Star of Hope
1811 Ruiz Street,
Houston, Texas 77002
Urgent Needs Include:
Women's clothing - size 16 & up
Women's Underwear - new only - plus sizes
Mens Dress shirts - large
Mens Sports coats - large
Mens Dress suits - large
Mens Dress shoes - large
Please mail donations directly to them and include a note stating that the
donation is part of the ElegantPlus.com Hurricane Relief Drive.
If you are in Houston and would like to drop off items:
Do not take items to the George R. Brown Convention Center or the Reliant Astrodome complex. They are not handling donations anymore. Take donations to any of three new dropoff locations: Gulf Haven Church at 10716 Sabo Road Houston, TX 77089-1618; West Houston Church at 2390 West Sam Houston Parkway North Houston, TX 77043-2019 (at Hammerly); and Berean 7th Day Adventist Church, 2119 Saint Emanuel St. Houston, TX 77003-5954. Donations will be transported to two newly appropriated warehouses for distribution to all local shelters.
Immediate need for specific items
Relief officials have an urgent need for :
-- Play pens, baby bouncers and child safety seats
-- New women's clothing, especially plus size (2x -10x) foundation wear.
-- New clothing for men, women and children
-- New underwear all ages and sizes
-- Sheets, blankets and pillows for cribs and regular beds
-- Femi! nine hygiene products
-- New shoes, all ages and sizes
Also check out:
Katrina relief in Houston
Bellaire Baptist Church
Special Needs Shelter
116 Clovis Place
San Antonio Tx 78221
In Louisiana:
Plus size clothing :
Florida Blvd Baptist Church
109 S Florida Blvd
Baton rouge, LA 70815
Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is a food bank, but they are accepting non-food donations for the Katrina evacuees and are coordinating donations for the entire region. If you do send food, it should be ready-to-eat, and not home-made. Non-food items that they are accepting include: clothes, shoes, personal toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, soap, shaving supplies, feminine hygiene products), baby bottles, etc.
Please send packages to:
Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana
2307 Texas Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71103.
There are 45,000 New Orleans refugees staying at the River Center for 2-3 months. They are asking for direct donations. The PR person noted there are many many babies and children. She said they need EVERYTHING! She specifically
mentioned:
Clothes
Blankets
Formula
Water
Diapers
Non-perishable food
Sheets
Pillows
Sleeping Bags
ANYTHING you can spare!
Please ship packages to:
The Baton Rouge River Center
275 South River Road
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802
Phone- 225-389-3030
The Baton Rouge Saint Vincent DePaul Society is accepting donations for displaced families who are in the Baton Rouge Area. Label the boxes with the size of clothing and if it is for a boy or girl, man or woman. She said to please use smaller boxes if you do not have many
like sized items of the same size. Larger boxes are absolutely acceptable if they for example are womens size 8 and not mixed with other sized clothes. Or to please place them within a plastic bag with the same sizes in them labeled if using a big box.
Things on their much needed list as of today are:
Infant Clothing/layettes
Diapers
Formula
Bottles
Baby wipes
Childrens Clothing
Childrens Shoes
Socks
Undergarmets
Washcloths
Towels
Toiletries
Blankets
Childrens Sleeping Bags
Bookbags
Pillows
First Aid Items
Childrens Tylenol
Baseball Caps to limit sun exposure
Non Aeresol deoderant
Non Aeresol Bug Repellant
Coloring Books
Crayons
Please ship packages to:
St Vincent DePaul Society
St Vincent DePaul Place
Baton Rouge LA 70802
Community Action in Alabama is assisting hundreds of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina. If you can spare any clothing above a size 16 for women, or above an XL for men please send to:
Community Action (Phone # 251-626-2646)
26440 North Pollard Rd.
Daphne, Alabama 36526
Rosetta has expressed that they also have a shortage of toiletry items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, tampons and sanitary napkins). They can also use diapers in all sizes.
Please feel free to circulate this request widely.
I saw this post from Craiglist Boston.
Also try checking out Craiglist for your local area.