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Emergency housing drive at www.hurricanehousing.org. Pass it on.

 

Do you have a spare room, bed or couch to offer a family fleeing

hurricane Katrina?

 

 

Please forward this message to anyone in the Southeast who can help.

 

Dear MoveOn member,

 

Hurricane Katrina's toll on communities, homes and lives has devastated

the nation. Now victims must face the daunting question of where to go

next—and we can help.

 

Tens of thousands of newly homeless families are being bused to a

stadium in Houston, where they may wait for weeks or months. At least

80,000 are competing for area shelters, and countless more are in

motels, cars, or wherever they can stay out of the elements. The

Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross are scrambling to

find shelter for the displaced.

 

This morning, we've launched an emergency national housing drive to

connect your empty beds with hurricane victims who desperately need a

place to wait out the storm. You can post your offer of housing (a

spare room, extra bed, even a decent couch) and search for available

housing online at:

 

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

 

Housing is most urgently needed within reasonable driving distance

(about 300 miles) of the affected areas in the Southeast, especially

New Orleans.

 

Please forward this message to anyone you know in the region who might

be able to help.

 

But no matter where you live, your housing could still make a world of

difference to a person or family in need, so please offer what you can.

 

The process is simple:

 

You can sign up to become a host by posting a description of whatever

housing you have available, along with contact information. You can

change or remove your offer at any time.

 

Hurricane victims, local and national relief organizations, friends

and relatives can search the site for housing. We'll do everything we

can to get your offers where they are needed most. Many shelters

actually already have Internet access, but folks without 'net access

can still make use of the site through case workers and family members.

 

Hurricane victims or relief agencies will contact hosts and together

decide if it's a good match and make the necessary travel arrangements.

The host's address is not released until a particular match is agreed

on.

 

If hosting doesn't work for you, please consider donating to the Red

Cross to help with the enormous tasks of rescue and recovery. You can

give online at:

 

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=859

 

As progressives, we share a core belief that we are all in this

together, and today is an important chance to put that idea to work.

There are thousands of families who have just lost everything and need

a place to stay dry. Let's do what we can to help.

 

http://www.hurricanehousing.org

 

Thanks for being there when it matters most.

 

—Noah Winer and the whole MoveOn.org Civic Action Team

  Thursday, September 1st, 200