Catholic Charities and Second Harvest Food Bank offer storm relief assistance

The Catholic Church, through Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans and Second Harvest Food Bank, is currently in the field providing counseling and case management services to those affected by yesterday’s storm. Our prayers are with those affected as many families have lost everything as a result. May those affected feel God’s loving compassion through our aid and prayers.

Resources for those affected:

• The city of New Orleans has opened a temporary shelter at Joe W. Brown Recreation Center for residents impacted by the tornadoes at 5601 Read Blvd.
• Second Harvest Food Bank will deliver 600 emergency meals to HOPE the Food Pantry in New Orleans East (13040 I-10 Service Rd., New Orleans 70128) which is unable to prepare daily meals due to tornado-caused power outage. Second Harvest is also referring disaster victims to HOPE for aid.
• Visit Catholic Charities resource page here.

How you can help:

• CCANO accepting donations through www.ccano.org/tornado-response
• To learn more about Second Harvest Food Bank’s disaster response efforts and ways to volunteer or to donate, visit www.no-hunger.org or call (504) 734-1322.

• Blessed Trinity Catholic Church & Hotel Hope are going to prepare meals for the victims of the tornado on Saturday, February 11th. We will be meeting at the Rosa F. Keller Library Community Center kitchen to cook and put together to go plates. Then we will take the meals to the East and provide those working on their homes and those in shelters with a hot meal.

  The Menu:

  Pork Loin
  Red Beans & Rice
  Mixed Veggies
  Corn Bread
  Water

  If you would like to volunteer or make a donation please email Fr. Daniel Green ([email protected]). We need about 10 people to help cook and make plates and we will also be accepting donations to assist with buying the food and supplies.

We will update this list as information becomes available, please check back regularly to any of the sites listed.