HURRICANE RELIEF

Louisiana Libraries Disaster Relief

The Louisiana Library Association (LLA) Disaster Relief Fund is now accepting monetary donations to assist school, public, and academic library restoration efforts in Southeastern Louisiana. Please make checks payable to: LLA-Disaster Relief
And mail to: LLA 421 South 4th St Eunice, LA 70535

Beverly E. Laughlin, Executive Director
Louisiana Library Association
421 South 4th St
Eunice, LA 70535
phone(337)550-7890
24 hour fax (337)550-7846
email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
website: www.llaonline.org

Kudos to the SCBWI which is offering direct assistance to SCBWI members in the hurricane zone. Call the SCBWI Hurricane Hotline at 1-877-547-2294 if you need help. If you can offer help, email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

The International Reading Association is accepting monetary donations to help schools in the affected areas, as well. Contributions will be directed to the needs of children and schools on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Please make your check payable to “International Reading Association” and mail to IRA Katrina Relief, 800 Barksdale Rd., Newark DE 19714-8139, USA. Note “IRA Katrina Relief” on your check. All funds received will be used directly for relief efforts.

For a comprehensive list of relief organizations that are set up to offer relief of all kinds, visit the Network for Good here.

Teen Ink has launched a major campaign of "Teens Helping Teens" by asking teenagers
and others to send us a shoebox full of stuff that teens would want.  This could include hats, T-shirts, phone and gift cards, toiletries, and much more. See http://teenink.com/Hurricane/  for all the details and a complete list of suggested items.  We hope you will participate and pass along this email to all your friends and everyone in your school.  We expect to get thousands of shoeboxes and will send them to the major relief agencies in the affected areas. If you have any questions or suggestions for the website, please email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .  And once again, please pass this email along to all your friends!