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Here's a new volunteer opportunity to help wildlife affected by the oil spill.
Clearwater Wildlife Sanctuary is setting up a Standby Wildlife Transport Team, in coordination with the Humane Society of Louisiana, as requested by U.S. Fish and Wildlife in order to transport supplies and cargo from coastal locations to supportive wildlife care facilities.
Do you qualify to volunteer for the Standby Wildlife Transport
Team? It is easy to qualify! You need no training or licenses other than
a driver's license.
Requirement 1 - you MUST have an air-conditioned vehicle, and the
animals must be transported inside the air-conditioned passenger
compartment of the vehicle. There is currently no compensation to
volunteers for gas spent during transport.
Requirement 2 - you MUST be able to assign a day to be on call should
the need arise for animal transport. You may or may not be called to
duty on your assigned day, but once assigned, that day is yours and
those animals are counting on you!
Requirement 3 - US Fish and Wildlife Service, Clearwater Wildlife
Sanctuary and the Humane Society of Louisiana would require your
signature stating that you agree to certain guidelines in order to
ensure protection of wildlife and your safety during this special
volunteer assignment.
You would be working under Team Leader Jeff Dorson, Executive Director
of the Humane Society of Louisiana, in collaboration with Clearwater
Wildlife Sanctuary and US Fish and Wildlife Service.
To volunteer visit The Humane Society of Louisiana's website and complete the volunteer form. You will then be contacted to schedule a date(s) to volunteer. If you would like to devote more than one day, just let them know! The goal is to try and schedule one to two persons per day to perform transports. You would be "on call" for that day. Please do not plan anything else on the day you volunteer, as you will be on standby and may be needed at a moment's notice to join in the transport efforts
Your efforts will help animals affected by the oil spill.
To report oiled shoreline: 866.448.5816
To report oiled wildlife: 866.557.1401
To volunteer your vessel to help skim oil: 281.366.5511
To submit response technology, services or products:281.366.5511
To volunteer: 866.448.5816
In Louisiana: www.volunteerlouisiana.gov
In Mississippi: www.volunteermississippi.org/1800Vol/OpenIndexAction.do
In Alabama: http://www.servealabama.gov/2010/default.aspx
In Florida: www.volunteerfloridadisaster.org
To donate to Catholic Charities, which is providing food, rent and utilities aid: www.ccano.org
To donate food to Second Harvest Food Bank:http://no-hunger.org
You can also register to volunteer through the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana or through the Sierra Club.
The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans is working with Matter of Trust, an environmental nonprofit, to collect donations of nylons, hair and fur, which can be used in making booms for containing oil. Drop off donations at the Ritz-Carlton, 921 Canal St.
Call 504.670.2817 for more information.
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade has created an oil spill crisis map that will allow Gulf Coast residents to report fishers out of work, endangered wildlife, oil on shore, oil sheens and other effects of the oil spill.
Reports can be made at the site, or by texting 504.272.7645, e-mailing bpspillmap@gmail.com, or Tweeting with the hashtag #BPspillmap. Eyewitness reports for the map require a description and location information such as an address or GPS coordinates.
The Greater New Orleans Foundation has opened the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund, which will benefit communities most affected by the oil spill in Plaquemines, St. Bernard and lower Jefferson parishes.
Donations can be made online at www.gnof.org
To submit a claim with BP for damages: 800.440-0858
CLAIMS CENTERS
- Gretna/Belle Chasse: 2766 Belle Chasse Highway, Belle Chasse.
- Grand Isle: 3811 Louisiana 1, Grand Isle
- Pointe a la Hache: 1553 Louisiana 15, Pointe a la Hache
- Venice, 41093 Louisiana 23, Boothville
- St. Bernard: 1345 Bayou Road, St. Bernard
If you have pursued the BP claims process and are not satisfied with BP's resolution,
contact the Coast Guard at 800.280.7118
Information about what types of damages are eligible for compensation under the Oil Pollution Act, and guidance on how to seek that compensation: http://www.uscg.mil/npfc
To file an unemployment claim: 866.783.5567 or www.laworks.net
To apply for disaster food stamps: https://dsnap.dss.state.la.us/CustomerPortal/CPLogon/jsp
To apply for emergency food assistance through the Women, Infants and Children program:
- Plaquemines Parish clinic, 26851 Louisiana 23, Port Sulphur, 504.564.3344
- St. Bernard Parish clinic, 8201 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette
- St. Thomas Church, Pointe a la Hache
- St. Patrick Church, Port Sulphur
Updates from National Park Service about potential park closures, resources at risk and Park Service actions to protect park space and wildlife:http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/oil-spill-response.htm
An Oil Spill Call Center has been set up in St. Bernard Parish to answer questions from St. Bernard residents affected by the oil spill. The center will be staffed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The local number is 504.277.4911 or toll-free at 877.902.4912.
SBA business recovery centers
Plaquemines Parish
St. Patrick's Church
Family Life Center
28698 Louisiana 23
Port Sulphur, LA 70083
Mondays through Fridays,
9 am - 5 pm
or
Venice Boat Harbor Office
Tiger Pass Road
Venice, LA 70091
Mondays through Fridays,
9 a.m, - 6 p.m.
or
Business Recovery Center
at SEEDCO Financial Southeast Louisiana Fisheries Assistance Center
212 Avenue G (near Belle Chasse Ferry)
Belle Chasse, LA 70037
Mondays through Fridays,
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
St. Bernard Parish
Business Recovery Center
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company
1801 East Judge Perez Drive
Chalmette, LA 70043
Mondays through Fridays,
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
or
7801 Hopedale Highway (near the Breton Sound Dock & Marina)
Hopedale, LA 70085
Mondays through Fridays,
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Jefferson Parish
Business Recovery Center
LSBDC Greater New Orleans Region
UNO Jefferson Center
3330 N. Causeway, Suite 422
Metairie, LA 70002
Mondays through Fridays,
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Grand Isle Community Center
The Rotary Room
3811 Louisiana1
Grand Isle, LA 70358
Mondays through Fridays,
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Orleans Parish
Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training
4655 Michoud Boulevard, #D6, 1st Floor
New Orleans, LA 70129
Mondays through Fridays,
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
St. Tammany Parish
1330 Bayou Lane, Trailer 102
Corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Bayou Lane
Slidell, LA 70460
Mondays through Fridays,
8 a.m. - 5 p.m
Lafourche Parish
South Lafourche Public Library
16241 East Main Street
Cut Off, LA 70345
Mondays through Fridays,
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
For more information on the spill:
The Deepwater Horizon joint information center: 985.902.5231 or 985.902.5240
For information about the response effort: www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
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