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# A call for volunteers, donations for hurricane victims
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/a-call-for-volunteers-donations-for-hurricane-victims/
- Published: 2005-09-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:38:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Santa Monica chapter of the American Red Cross is calling for help from the public in efforts to support disaster relief efforts now going on in the deep South as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

The Red Cross is asking for volunteers, donations and blood. For those who lack disaster relief experience but are interested in volunteering, the Red Cross will offer “fast track” disaster orientation classes during the next few weeks.

Two classes will be held this Saturday, Sept. 3 — at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. — at the Santa Monica chapter. Additional orientations will be scheduled in the near future.

Donations — in the form of checks made out to the American Red Cross — can be sent to 1450 11th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Donations are also being accepted online at www.redcross.org. Blood donations are also needed and will be accepted on the first and third Mondays of the month from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., as well as the second and fourth Mondays of the month from 12:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.

To schedule an appointment, call (800) 974-2113\. The Red Cross has launched the largest mobilization of resources for a single natural disaster — involving thousands of trained disaster relief workers and tons of supplies. Two volunteers from the Santa Monica chapter are already on scene. Additional Santa Monica volunteers will be heading to the disaster area in the days and weeks to come.

To contact the Santa Monica branch, call (310) 394-3773\. ‘Austin’ power: Book signing on tap

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 2, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)