Volunteers needed to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

For those of you who, unlike me, have spare time or a spare room:

For those of you who have spare time, this is from an article in today's NY Times:

The expanding relief effort continued to have complications. The American Red Cross, nearing exhaustion from the largest domestic disaster relief operation in its history, issued an urgent appeal for 40,000 new volunteers to relieve those who have been serving since Hurricane Katrina hit....

[John H. Degnan, a spokesman for the private agency,] said that the new volunteers would receive several hours of training and that many would be sent to the Gulf Coast to staff the many shelters in the region.

For those of you who have a spare room, HurricaneHousing.org is helping to match hurricane evacuees with housing.