Donating Funds


Donate by Check

Please write your check to United Way of Tri-County and
mark your check CAT Hurricane Relief Fuel Fund

Send to:
Citizen Action Team
PO Box 2525
Acton, MA 01720

Then please let us know you're sending it, so we can make sure it is received!

Since these donations go to a separate account at the United Way your contribution is tax deductible and 100% of your donation will be dedicated to purchasing fuel. No money will be taken out for overhead .

You can also make a donation using PayPal
Note, to use PayPal you need to establish an account.

Please send the donation to: boston-nola@lycos.com


All monetary donations go to fuel and tolls for the truck to NOLA and other direct expenses, like packaging materials. All labor is being donated. All the trucks are being donated, so far. For Volunteer opportunities, and a current list of needed goods, please click on the "News" button. We are in the process of filing to become a 501c3 not-for profit organization. Stay tuned for more info on this.

Please note that it costs $50 for each pallet of supplies we ship to the Gulf.

BE INFORMED DONORS!
Other groups may not be serving the truly underserved!  Be careful.  Many "charity" groups are collecting donations to "serve the underserved" but in reality, are serving their friends/families/friends of families who are, yes, suffering, but do have alternative and back-up resources available to them. Need is all relative, a fact many of us not physically affected by Katrina are realizing. We do careful background checks on the shelters and warehouses and then send in people to confirm that these warehouses and shelters are in fact serving people that have very little or no support.  Unfortunately, many groups are not as rigorous in identifying the most needy!  Some even take donations and use them to support small, exclusive communities of people! To whom do you want YOUR donations to go? Please be careful. Be informed donors.

Accomplishments, to date:

We have:
- Developed an offline and online network of over 200 volunteers
- Developed a preliminary database of shelters and the resources they need
- Created daily updates of needs in different effected regions
- Operated drop sites at about 10 locations
- Gathered enough supplies to fill 3 semi trucks 
- Sent untold numbers of packages via FedEx and UPS
- Sent a van full of toiletries to Lafayette (c/o Billerica Fire Dept!)
- Sent van filed with animal rescue supplies to New Orleans
- Helped set up and organize warehouse operations in Lafayette, LA
- Sent a semi truck to a Lafayette, LA warehouse serving shelters
- Sent a semi truck to a Gulfport, MS church which is distributing to shelters
- Gathered over 300 + boxes of school books and supplies
- Set up a website and contact forum for online donors and volunteers
- Sponsored speaking engagements for our volunteers on the topic of
"citizen action"

Major Donors and Angels:

(Be an Angel and We'll Add Your Name Here!)


All volunteer...all channels...all the time!  Come help the relief effort!