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  • Long Beach, California

Hurricane Katrina Benefit Night at The Lakewood Hop! Join Us This Tuesday Oct 25th 7pm-12am

Have dinner and drinks while rocking/dancing to the music of three premiere bands:

Delta Nove - Beru’s Ash - Who’s Harriet?

And For Your Added Entertainment: Katrina Bachelor Auction Fabulous Door Prizes!

100% of the $10 cover charge will go toward 3 Hurricane Katrina charities:

Common Ground: www.commongroundrelief.org

Habitat for Humanity: www.habitat.org

Louisiana SPCA: www.la-spca.org

10% of your dinner and drink purchases will go to the above listed charities

The Lakewood Hop 5201 Clark Ave. (at Candlewood) Lakewood, Ca 90712 562.630.2229 www.lakewoodhop.com

About The Bands:

Delta Nove (delta novay): A Long Beach band born from a blend of Funk, Brazilian Samba, Jazz, Afro-Beat, Blues and Rock. Members of Delta Nove have performed with (top, famous, well known?) artists such as Carlos Santana, Bruce Hornsby, Bobby Caldwell and Los Lobos. www.dnove.com

Beru’s Ash: A Jam-based blues / rock and roll band writing original music and playing the local circuits for almost a decade. Beru’s Ash’s genre is “rock n' roll idealism gone any which way!�

Who’s Harriet? A 4-Piece acoustic / electric act which delivers an eclectic mix of your favorite old and new rock and pop cover songs as well as a few select original tunes.

Questions? Call Deborah Corey or Linda Kraemer @ College Hospital, (562) 924-9581 x355 or x316


  • Belleville, Illinois Several ways to help can be found here (http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/12801971.htm)
  • Northamton, Massachusetts A Valley Benefit for Gulf Musicians concert on Friday, September 30, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at John M. Greene Hall at Smith College in Northampton, MA. Admission is free but donations are requested. 100% of proceeds will go to the Gulf Coast Orchestra Relief Fund of the American Symphony Orchestra League. Hosted by John Montanari of WFCR and featuring several groups from Smith College and the surroundng area.
  • Birmingham, Alabama Cause for Lost Paws Event (http://www.lostpawskatrina.com/) - Fund-raiser for the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina Date: Thursday, September 29 Place: B & A Warehouse Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Mission: To assist charities now working to search and find lost animals and pets, provide them food, care, and shelter, and to repatriate them with their owners. Several New Orleans musicians will donate their services, and other local bands will be invited as well. As site, drinks, food, and entertaiment will all be donated, 100% of everything that will be raised on this evening will go to charities benefitting the animal victims of Katrina. Chuck Geiss cgeiss@readbw.com Hand-in-Paw (http://www.handinpaw.org).
  • Michigan - The new Ferndale high school ,University High School, is having a can good drive until September 23, 2005 it will in at 3:30p.m. We ask that it will be nonperishable good only. If any question call (248)586-8613. The school is located on 1244 Paxton. That on Woodward between Marshall and 9 Mile. We thank you all for your help.
  • Nationwide National New Orleans' House Party (http://www.theinfozone.net/lifestyle.html) - Get together with your friends, family, office workers, club, frat, sorority and host a House Party to share in the spirit and style of "The Big Easy" We have recipes and ideas to get you started. Hey! New Orleans' has a style that is all of its own -- share in that special cuisine and style, and RAISE some needed money for Katrina Relief!
  • North Carolina Operation Santa Claus (http://ponc.homestead.com/OperationSantaClaus.html) - Toy drive for Christmas running now thru the end of November - The Princess of North Carolina State Scholarship Pageant, our State Queens, and preliminaries are holding toy drives across the state of North Carolina collecting new unwrapped toys for the survivors of hurricane Katrina until the end of November! Please join in our efforts! You can drop off any new unwrapped toy at any of our preliminary pageants or give them to any of our State queens, preliminary queens or directors! Please visit our Operation Santa Claus webpage for additional information and drop off locations around the state of NC! Please email us @ princesofncpageants@yahoo.com (mailto:princessofncpageants@yahoo.com) if you need help or have any questions! We will also be in need of transportation to help get these toys delivered to the red cross in early December if you can help please lets us know!
  • Wisconsin Fox Valley Comfort for Kids (http://www.thecommunitypage.com/katrina/index.htm) - Schools, teachers and children can get involved in the relief effort by helping to make and distribute blankets for victims of the hurricane. Businesses can donate fleece, volunteers can donate time. A great way to be involved in a hands on way.
  • Bellevue-Dayton, Ohio firefighters are collecting bottled water, personal hygiene products and non-perishable food. Cash and checks are also welcome. Checks should be made payable to Local 3751 and noted "Hurricane Katrina."
  • Lyric Opera of Chicago To aid the hurricane relief effort, Lyric Opera of Chicago will donate all proceeds from ticket sales to the "Carmen" dress rehearsal on Wednesday, September 21 at 2:00 pm Call 312-332-2244, ext. 5600, 10 am to 5 pm, Monday - Saturday. Or visit the Box Office (Wacker and Madison), noon - 5 pm, Monday - Saturday. Upper Balcony $50. Main Floor $200 All proceeds to benefit the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. Foror more information on this event, visit:http://whatcounts.com/t?ctl=EFB0C5:2F89802
  • American Airlines is offering its AAdvantage members a one-time reward of 500 AAdvantage bonus miles for donations of $50 or more to the American Red Cross between August 31 and September 30, 2005. Members will need to fax or mail their donation receipt to the AAdvantage Customer Service office. The AAdvantage account number of the member must be written on the receipt. Fax number is: 817-963-7882. Mailing address is: Hurricane Relief, American Airlines AAdvantage Department, P.O. Box 619688, DFW Airport, TX 75261-9688.
  • Century Bike Ride, Maysville, KY Principal of Mason County Area Technical Center, Juston Pate and his students are collecting per mile pledges as well as donations for his planned 100 mile bike ride on September 24th with the proceeds going to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Call Juston or Crystal at 606-759-7101 for information or to make a pledge.
  • Cycling community auctions for Katrina victims (http://katrinahelp.blogspot.com/2005/09/cycling-community-unites-to-help-in.html#112678067446139008) In auctions running through September 16th team jerseys signed by cycling luminaries such as Ivan Basso, Tim Johnson, Davis Phinney, George Hincapie, Freddie Rodriguez, Colby Pearce, Ian MacGregor and many others are being sold with along with other cycling items with the proceeds benefiting the Katrina relief efforts.
  • 24 Hour Blanket Making Marathon (http://www.geocities.com/blanket_marathon) to support Hurricane Katrina Survivors. Qwest Event Center in downtown Seattle, WA will be hosting a 24-hour blanket making marathon from 10:00AM Saturday, October 1st through 10:00AM Sunday, October 2nd. All blankets made and donated during the event will be delivered to Hurricane Katrina Survivors. We need supplies (i.e. batting, fabric, yarn, food/beverages for the event, etc). and we need blanket makers !! No experience necessary. If you iron, cut fabric or tie your shoe...there's something for you to do. If you can sew/quilt/knit/crochet...BONUS!! For more information, please contact us at the_sewing_sisters@hotmail.com (mailto:the_sewing_sisters@hotmail.com) or visit our website at http://www.geocities.com/blanket_marathon
  • In Nashville, Tennessee a shoe drive is being mounted for the evacuees. Both new and slightly worn shoes are needed. The shoe drive is scheduled for September 12th through the 30th. Grace Baptist Church and Old Hickory Baptist will be the first two drop off locations. For further information call Katrinashoes. hot line at 615 406 9738. CNN reports that 1 in 5 people have shoes at the shelters. The Need (http://beenthere.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/katrinaapphoto1_l.jpg)
  • The Ace and TJ Show, a popular radio program in North Carolina, has launched a large fundraising and supplies effort in the Southeast. Here are the details (http://www.acetj.com/) on how you can help!
  • As part of an effort of artists across the web, a new piece of art, "Gifts from the Earth" by artist Susan McMackin Reynolds was released on September 1, 2005 to help aid victims of hurricane Katrina. One hundred percent of all profits from the sale of these pieces will be donated to efforts to assisted those affected along the Gulf Coast. Get details here [1] (http://ephemeria.blogspot.com/2005/09/gulf-coast-good-works-new-print.html) and find links to more artist sponsored fundraisers here: [2] (http://www.artbizblog.com/)
  • Hurricane Katrina: Blog for Relief Weekend, September 1-5
  • A weekend of blogging focused on raising awareness of and funds for relief efforts to aid those affected by Hurricane Katrina,
  • Organized by The Truth Laid Bear (http://www.truthlaidbear.com/)
  • About the event (http://www.truthlaidbear.com/archives/2005/08/30/hurricane_relief_blog_day_9105.php#001694) | Participating blogs (http://truthlaidbear.com/katrinarelief.php) | ADD your blog (http://www.truthlaidbear.com/addcharityblogger.php)
  • Bob & Sheri, a nationally syndicated morning radio show, have organized "Beads for the Bayou", a fundraiser where those making a $10 donation at their website (http://www.bobandsheri.com) will receive Mardi Gras beads to wear in support of New Orleans and other areas of the Gulf hit by Katrina.
  • FreeCycle Relief Fund Friends of Knox County and Beyond is holding a bake sale/rummage sale/craft sale the weekend of October 14-16. Proceeds will go to the Salvation Army. We will be accepting donations as well. For more information please go to http://www.freewebs.com/relieffundfriends/ or send an email to amgmdb5@yahoo.com (mailto:amgmdb5@yahoo.com).
  • Over 5000 musicians on CD Baby (http://www.cdbaby.com/) have agreed to donate all the money from the sale of their CD to the Red Cross. You can browse, listen and buy CDs from these artists (http://cdbaby.com/group/redcross) online.
  • Take Control ebooks (http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/webx?14@937.NqBcayUZ6VP@.17d7d6a9!discloc=.3c6d8bea) is donating 10% of the proceeds from sales in September to the Red Cross.
  • SHELTER FROM THE STORM -- Sep 30 + Oct 1, NYC A two-day fundraising marathon at the Bowery Poetry Club (http://www.bowerypoetry.com) and St. Mark's Poetry Project (http://www.poetryproject.com/) in the East Village/Lower East Side. Lower Manhattan art, music and poetry scenes come together in two days of all-star performances. Details coming soon.
  • RU for Katrina Relief --- Sept 21st 4:30-8:30, New Brunswick, NJ A musical fundraising event at Rutgers University, right in the middle of New Brunswick NJ. There will be music and information tables. donations of toys, cloths, and money are welcome. Located in front of Rockoff Hall on George St.
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