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Brendan Greeley is in Lake Provdence, once of the poorest regions in America. Relief efforts are not reaching there. So he's set up a PayPal account for donations. From his blog:

Since Sunday, hundreds of evacuees from New Orleans have arrived in Lake Providence and the surrounding area. They can't get to Red Cross shelters in Monroe, the nearest city; they are out of gas and money and energy. Providence Church has emerged as a shelter, not because the town planned for it, but because evacuees stopped at the church and stayed.

The most immediate priority is food, water and toiletries, and then to help get some of these evacuees to Red Cross shelters in Monroe, the nearest city or family that can take them in. Some of them will end up staying, though, and will need help getting settled and getting their children into local schools.