Contact Glen Baumgart in the Volunteer and Service Learning Center at 512-471-6161 with information on how your UT Austin organization or department is working to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Phone Bank Volunteers: The State of Texas’ Health and Human Services Commission is looking for volunteers in the Austin area to help answer 2-1-1 phone calls for Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers will work 8-hour shifts (8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and 4 p.m.-midnight) at the Braker Center office location. If you are interested in helping with this effort, e-mail volunteer211@hhsc.state.tx.us. Include both a work and after-hours number where you can be reached, and the days and shifts for which you would like to volunteer.
Contribution Opportunities
American Red Cross : 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English, 1-800-257-7575 Spanish
Help for Pets Displaced by Hurricane Katrina
(from Dirty Dog in Austin)
Dirty Dog in Austin has volunteered to be a drop-off point for supply items for pets displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Accepting donations for items to go directly into Louisiana. Crates, collars and leashes are desperately needed.
Drop items by Dirty Dog at 3411 N. Lamar (between 34th and 38th streets on the east side of Lamar) any time during store hours:
Austin Humane Society (AHS) has set up a hotline to help Hurricane Katrina evacuees moving to Austin find care and placement and supplies for their family pets. Evacuees dialing 512-646-PETS (7387) will be able to receive aid in placing pets in a foster home or supplies. Additionally, Austinites can sign up to volunteer for the phone bank and become foster parents or register supplies/services you are willing to provide. AHS is undertaking this effort in partnership with the City of Austin Town Lake Animal Center and the ASPCA to staff animal emergency shelters in Austin as the need arises.
