hurricane relief

I posted a link to Amazon.com back in January regarding donations for the earthquake/tsunami disaster. Amazon is stepping up to the plate once again and helping out the American Red Cross with disaster relief for the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina (you could just go to redcross.org, but their site seems to be slow at the moment with all the donations coming in).

Amazon.com disaster relief
(Edited to add: as of 12:45 p.m. Friday, $2,713,836.23 has been collected by Amazon.)

It would also be a good idea to donate blood if you're able -- not only for the storm-ravaged areas, which will undoubtedly have hundreds of sick and unhealthy people, but also because a large city full of possible donors is now wiped out during one of the slowest blood donation periods of the year. Unfortunately, I can no longer donate blood because I've had Hodgkin's Disease. Someone needs to take my place!