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We’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again today — being a part of this Clearinghouse and the efforts of so many people here have been a highlight of our lives.
From the early days of Katrina when we were screaming at our television sets at the horror and injustice of the destruction and […]
FROM PROJECT KATRINA:
Louisiana Medicaid is resuming its annual financial eligibility reviewfor all Medicaid enrollees whose renewal had been deferred due to last years’ hurricanes.
In addition, it will review Medicaid financial eligibility for all enrollees whose renewal is past due (normally reviewed annually), and whose last reported residential address is out-of-state.
Enrollees are being asked, on […]
Forwarded from Project Katrina:
Child Support Enforcement Hotline…………….(877) 696-6775For single moms due support, the US Department of Health and Human Services will send them a free handbook complete with excellent advice and all their local contact numbers for help.
Child-Care Subsidy Hotline………………………(800) 424-2246When daycare costs are too high, there is help. The National Association of Child Care […]
Great news from a Been There Clearinghouse reader, Mary in NOLA:
Rocky & Carlo’s is coming back! Frank Davis interviewed ‘em for Channel 4 and they’ve got sheetrock (for those not in NOLA, this is a rebuilding milestone celebrated with great enthusiasm, similar to, say, baby’s first steps, you take pictures, share ‘em with everyone who […]
Emily and I will never know what it was like to face Katrina head on, to live through the Superdome, to hang for dear life from a roof top, or to wade through a river that was once a street. We did not feel what it was like to not know how - or where - our family was; […]
If you are displaced by Katrina and living in Los Angeles, or would like to help those who are, please click here.
On the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, leading online parenting website www.momready.com, is reaching out to evacuees in Los Angeles. Through their site, Katrina evacuees currently living in L.A. can connect with individual donors locally […]
First let me say thank you to everyone who has extended a helping hand to all of us Katrina survivors (I never knew in my life time I would be proud of this so much.) As the anniversary of Katrina comes up I would ask everyone to please say an extra, special prayer for everyone […]
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people affected by Katrina and Rita have found a home in Philadelphia. We are happy to announce that we have added a tab to the Clearinghouse for Gulf Coast citizens who have relocated to Philly and the people of Philly, and elsewhere, who want to help them.
Please use the “Philadelphia” tab above to post […]
Emily and I recently returned from Amherst, Mass. where we attended the first annual Media Giraffe conference, “Democracy & Independence: Sharing News & Information in a Connected World” and talked about all of you here at the Clearinghouse.
We sat on a panel with the amazing Jon Donley, the esteemed, Pulitzer prize-winning editor of NOLA.com. The three […]
We received this important information about Louisiana housing grants today from Sharon Juli of Project Katrina:
“You may want to post this on your web site. It was forwarded it to me from the director of our project.”
Here is the link - Louisiana Rebuilds Info (The Road Home.)
What is The Road Home? The Road Home Housing Program […]
As a new hurricane season approaches, we must not forget about those who were affected by last years devastating storms. Many of these people are still having problems getting their lives back on track and the disruption of a new storm season may cause them more anxiety that will only complicate their efforts to rebuild […]
Rev. Yarbrough sent us this link to an interactive, moment-by-moment reenactment of the flooding in New Orleans the day Katrina hit. It makes clear in the most visual of ways how devastating - and immediate - the destruction was.
It just makes my heart ache.
http://www.nola.com/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf
Yesterday I had the honor of attending a meeting of The Gulf Coast Connection here in Pittsburgh, an association of about 200 former residents of the Gulf Coast who relocated to Western PA after Katrina and Rita.
The Gulf Coast Connection is run by a force of nature named Lurline Cadogan, a resident of New Orleans […]
Rev. Yarbrough of Plaquemine, LA sent us this video. The pictures and music say it all.
http://gmagic.com/katrina/
I have an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today about an amazing person, the Rev. Marlon Yarbrough, who is doing what he can, through his own initiative, to help his friends, family and neighbors in New Orleans. Click here for a link to that piece.
The Reverend is doing what many of the “institutions” are not - helping small, home-based businesses in the Ninth Ward of […]
Since we started the Clearinghouse, Emily and I have made a commitment to sticking to what we are doing here, focusing on getting help to those who lost so much in the hurricanes and staying away from the politics of the situation. Having just returned from New Orleans I can’t stay quiet anymore. What is happening […]
Because of each of you - those who come to this site looking for a little help and those who offer it - the Been There Clearinghouse has been named the Most Inspirational Blog of 2005 by the Best of Blog Awards. Emily and I are inspired every day by you and for that reason […]
We wanted to share this article that ran in the Larchmont Gazette last week about the Clearinghouse.
In response to that article, we got this email, which we also wanted to share:
What a breathe of fresh air it was to find out about your website on the Larchmont Gazette. I live in Larchmont, and was helping […]
We wish all of you a happy, healthy and hopeful New Year and want to send our love, hugs and thanks to all of you who visit the Been There Clearinghouse and participate either as donors or recipients. We continue to be amazed and touched by all of you and wish you all the very […]
We have added a new tab titled “Pittsburgh,” since almost 400 people who were displaced by Katrina have relocated to that city, and many of them could use our assistance.
Please click on that tab if you are a “new” Pittsburgher, here because of the hurricane, and post there if you have a need, a request or a question. […]
Following is a list of evacuees who need items, with their sizes, given to us by the pastor of a church in Plaquemine, LA.
From Pastor Yarbrough: The evacuees listed below lived primarily in East New Orleans and have lost all of their possessions. Their homes were totally destroyed by destructive winds or flood water. Many were renters and only […]
When the church down the street in Crowley took in over 100 people (not a big church either), I knew I must do something to help. I took them some children’s clothes, children’s videos and towels. When I got there, I met a man that needed to go to the social security office. I told […]
It took many hours to figure out how I would begin this article. The last four weeks have been the hardest most trying time in my life. It is hard to see nothing but destruction around you, and try to remain calm and level-headed. I guess I should start with a little on me and […]
Go to NPR www.npr.org to hear recordings of actual conversations between the Governor of Louisiana, the Mayor of New Orleans, FEMA officials and others as they planned for and responded to Hurricane Katrina. Available are hours of conversations that transpired, beginning days before Katrina hit. Walter Maestri, the emergency manager from New Orleans’ Jefferson Parish […]
It feels good to know somebody cares.
We got the first of two boxes in today (from a Been there Clearinghouse donor) and it was like xmas for Ty and I. He had his first hot bath in almost three weeks tonight. He chowed two bottles of formula, one of water, and curled up in his […]
Helping people one at a time.
By sending donations directly to the families that need them, where they’re living. Right now. That’s the goal.
In the last 18 hours, people across the country have pledged to send hundreds of donations immediately and directly, to Katrina victims at their temporary […]