Catherine Bohne, owner of the Slope’s Community Bookstore, has tracked down a church in Marksville, LA that is receiving supplies to help the people in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Here is a group-email I received from her this morning.

Hi Everyone —

I called one of the churches that is taking in refugees. They need lots of supplies. You can gather together a bag of supplies (see list below).

Go to the Post Office and get a Priority box – flat fee (choice of two shapes), the cost of postage is $7.70 no matter what you put in the box (weight doesn’t matter). Fill the box and mail to the address below. I will contact more sites and post them soon.

They desperately need:
– tolietries (anything you use to start your day)
toothpaste,
deodorant,
shampoos,  sunscreen, liquid soaps  (small bottles
esp good)
  -anti-inflammatories (over the counter medicines)
including
ibuprofen,
aspirin,aleve
– baby wipes, feminine hygiene products,
– imagine what you would need and send it.

Send to:
Marksville Baptist Church
PO Box 442
Marksville, LA
71351
Write Hurricane Relief on outside

The most important things seem to be:

1.  Finding places which will take actual
contributions.  (As usual, the big guys (like the Red Cross, just want money.)

Some of you have suggested checking out the following:
www.hurricanehousing.org
www.charitynavigator.org

If anyone has time to track down anything, it would be
a great help, and I’m happy to forward it.

2.  Being in contact with them, and finding out what
(and how much) they actually need.  I can do this, if
we come up with leads and phone numbers are provided?

3.  I’ll work on figuring out the best way to send.
Depending on if we get a lot of stuff, we might need
help packing and sorting, but let’s see first what we
come up with.

I’ll be in touch, and thank you all for your kindness.

Love,
Catherine Bohne, (e-mail her at: cat_bohne@yahoo.com)