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# SM Katrina donations nearing $200K mark
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sm-katrina-donations-nearing-200k-mark/
- Published: 2005-09-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:45:02.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The chapter will assist the families in any way it can, officials said.

“The victims will be eligible for substantial aid in the form of financial support and other services from a variety of resources, including the Red Cross,” said John Pacheco, executive director of the Santa Monica Red Cross. “Most of them have resources and they are able to pay for housing and other costs being that these costs will ultimately be taken care of by FEMA and other emergency disaster relief agencies.”

The Santa Monica chapter has set up a toll-free Katrina disaster relief hotline at 866-733-5010\. The hotline is a call-in center for information on how and where to make donations, how to volunteer locally or volunteers for disaster relief service in any of 18 states where the Red Cross has set up shelters or service centers.

Katrina disaster relief donations counted by the Santa Monica chapter so far total $200,000\. Donations are flowing in and 400 hurricane relief donation cans are still out in the community.

A Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief drive-through has been scheduled at the Santa Monica chapter of the American Red Cross, 1450 11th Street, for Saturday, Sept. 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The event will allow persons who wish to donate money the opportunity to drive in, drop off donations to a Red Cross volunteer and go on with their day.

The American Red Cross of Santa Monica is a publicly supported, nonprofit corporation that provides health and safety education, youth services, CPR and first-aid training and local disaster awareness and disaster relief efforts.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 8, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)