As southeastern Louisiana recovers from Hurricane Ida, groups are stepping in to provide assistance and help communities most affected by the storm.
When Hurricane Ida made landfall, it was a powerful Category 4 storm that caused more than 1 million people in the state to lose power and destroyed homes and businesses.
Louisiana is working together on large-scale outreach activities for people in the worst-hit areas to help assess their needs.
They are looking for volunteers for telephone banking at 11 am on September 3. No experience is required, they will require you to have a computer with a good network connection. If you are interested in volunteering, please click here, if you want to donate, please click here. For more information about Together Louisiana, please visit their website.
Waitr in Louisiana and its partner restaurants in the Lafayette area are collecting necessities to benefit the victims of Hurricane Ida in southeastern Louisiana. The donation activity will continue until September 10th, and the company will send all collected items directly to the area
Waitr is working with local restaurants to help collect donations. From Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm, donations can also stay at Waitr’s Lafayette headquarters at 214 Jefferson Street.
Each participating restaurant can deliver meals during normal business hours, including:
Items needed include water (bottles and gallons), cleaning supplies, disinfection wipes, empty gas containers, garbage bags, paper products (toilet paper, towels, etc.), non-perishable food, travel-sized toiletries, hygiene products and babies Supplies.
Johnston Street Bingo will collect materials at all locations for hurricane relief efforts in the Thibodeau area. According to the request of the first responder contact in the area, they requested the following supplies.
St. Edmund’s Catholic Church will collect cleaning supplies and bottled water by September 10. These items will be donated to the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux.
Jefferson Street Pub will collect supplies on September 3 and September 4. Water, food, household items, clothes, toys and school supplies can be donated at the bar at 500 Jefferson Street in Lafayette from 10 am to 2 am.
All Hands and Hearts, a non-profit organization that responds to the affected communities, is looking for volunteers to help clean up in Louisiana.
George Hernandez Meija, U.S. Disaster Response Manager for All Hands and Hearts, said in a press release: “We will seek to conduct chainsaw, tarp, and visceral operations while contacting affected communities to understand how we can still support the Regional restoration work.”.
The Catholic Charity of Arcadia is organizing relief efforts through donations, supply activities and voluntary services.
To purchase items on the Amazon wishlist, please visit bit.ly/CCADisasterAmazon. To make a monetary donation, please send a text message “RELIEF” to 797979 or visit give.classy.org/disaster.
Become a disaster food preparation volunteer at St. Joseph Diner by registering for shifts at catholiccharitiesacadiana.org/volunteer-calendar. Or volunteer for disaster relief on bit.ly/CCAdisastervols.
The caring truck of the Covenant United Methodist Church will deliver supplies and volunteers to the disaster-stricken areas. Donations can be made at 300 Eastern Army Avenue, Lafayette, from 11 am to 6 pm from August 31 to September 6.
Democratic socialists in southwestern Louisiana are working with Mutua laid Disaster Relief to collect supplies. Supplies can be donated at 315 St. Landry St., Lafayette.
Items can be delivered at 213 Cummings Road in Broussard from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to noon.
If you are organizing rescue efforts and want to join this list, please send your information to adwhite@theadvertiser.com.
Post time: Sep-06-2021