OUR RESULTS
Katrina's Angels is proud to share the accomplishments of our volunteers. What makes the results amazing is that they are produced by people volunteering their free time with practically no financial resources. There are no paid positions in our organization. We are also sharing the results that our partner organization produce with our support.
GENERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Volunteers Registered: 800 Active Volunteers: 118 |
Evacuees Registered: 961 Evacuees Fully Served: 380 |
Housing Postings: 591 Housing Requests: 357 |
Job Postings: 160 Job Requests: 168 |
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HOUSING DEPARTMENT
- 11/18/05 - Acquired the housing web site KatrinaHousing.org, providing a database of 30,000 housing offers.
- 11/18/05 - Partnered with HomesForKatrina.org.
EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT
- Content to come
RESOURCE DEPARTMENT
- 10/31/05 - Angels in Action created to help evacuees with clothing, household goods, provide information and to address employment issues and housing issues.
- 11/05/05 - Helped client with her wedding needs.
- 11/05/05 - Verification forms were created and used for all new families.
- 11/05/05 - Working with Terra at CitizenActionTeam.org.
- 11/05/05 - Resource Director named.
- 11/05/05 - Created Spreadsheet for tracking families.
- 11/07/05 - Partnership with Katrina's Toy Box.
- 11/11/05 - Coordinated tree removal from elderly clients yard through Common Ground Relief. (coordinated by Karen Iwicki)
- 11/16/05 - Family with 4 kids adopted by anonymous donor. Donor's daughter had a birthday party in which she insisted her gifts go to a Katrina family.
- 11/20/05 - 102 families in Angles in Action database requesting help.
- 11/28/05 - Donation of 100 stuffed animals to Angels in Action Forum. (Kathy Gilbert arranged)
- 12/01/05 - Pajamas and Books Program contacted. Items sent to Sun/Bogulasa LA for 75 registered families. (coordinated by Karen Iwicki)
- 12/03/05 - Received 25 families directly from mayor in Sun, LA (coordinated by Karen Iwicki)
- 12/03/05 - Created an in-house Resource Table for outside resources.
- 12/04/05 - School adopt a class flyer issued.
- 12/05/05 - Adopt a family for Christmas Program.
- 12/06/05 - Coats for Mississippi Program.
- 12/10/05 - Wheel chair coordinated and delivered to Powersmith family.
- 12/11/05 - Guardian Angel role created - case management for families - tracking.
- 12/13/05 - Angels in Action volunteers rally to help Katrina's Toy Box by providing funds for shipping.
- 12/19/05 - Katrina's Angels volunteer Anna Gallagher deliver a truckload of donated art supplies to an elementary school in Louisiana.
- 12/31/05 - Total evacuees registered into the system is 180. Sixty families have all of their requested resources provided by year's end.
- 12/31/05 - Storage facility in Alexandria VA offers to provide unclaimed units for hurricane victims.
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
- 9/2/05 - Bought the domain name KatrinasAngels.com. Began the development of the web site and completed the core web site 9/18/05
- 9/22/05 - Bought the domain name KatrinasAngels.org. Moved the web site to this new domain name
- 10/04/05 - Web site moved to servers hosted by Alentus
- 11/18/05 - Acquired the toll-free phone number with acquisition of KatrinaHousing.org
- 12/18/05 - Developed the Housing Application and database
- 12/28/05 - Developed the Evacuee database for the Guardian Angel program
MEDIA DEPARTMENT
- 12/28/05 - An account created for Katrina's Angels on PRweb.com to submit press releases to the news wire
- 12/30/05 - First organization press release sent out on the news wire
- 08/01/06 - Article published in the Redbook Magazine features Katrina's Angels client and mentions organization | Read a blog response to that article
- 11/26/06 - WLOX-TV Biloxi Mississippi reporter Keli Rabon covers Katrina's Angels Thanksgiving Event in Moss Point, MS for news story | Click here to read
- 03/07/07 - Article published in the web site of WGRZ-TV Buffalo New York covering tornado damage in Americus, Georgia | Click here to read
- 03/18/07 - Article published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Click here to read
LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT
- 12/14/05 - Doug Staley accepted the directorship of the newly created Logistics Department. This department was created to provide our volunteers and partners with shipping and trucking to transport resources to evacuees.
- 12/16/05 - Began discussions with CHTL Logistics Trucking Company to become a trucking partner for Katrina's Angels
- 12/17/05 - Created campaign to approach other trucking companies to join our network of trucking partners
- 12/18/05 - Researched DHL, FEDEX, and UPS to approach them to be sponsors
- 12/26/05 - Began the process of applying for a 4th class non-profit shipping account with FEDEX for Katrina's Angels
PARTNERS
Our current partners include:
- Katrina's Toybox - Joined 10/12/05 - An organization dedicated to providing toys for children evacuated by Hurrican Katrina.
- Housing for Katrina - Joined 11/18/05 - A national web site with database for housing postings.
- Mission From Minnesota - Joined 11/28/05 - An organization bringing people from the Northern USA to provide services to the affected regions of the American Gulf.
Some results we helped our partners to produce include:
- 11/18/05 - Katrina's Toy Box mentioned on WWL talk Radio. Angels in Action forum began receiving numerous requests for help with other needs.