The Gulf Coast Oil Spill: How to Help

why it's important:

My family lives not far off the coast of louisiana!! Everybody in those communities is being affected! Almost everybody in those communities are in the fishing business or shrimping business or oyster business! I have also been going to the beach at Grande Isle since i was a kid because my grandparents owned a camp ground on grande isle! That place is my second home and everyone from that area is my second family! I love them all very much and i want to help them as much as i can!!!

the plan of action:

I want to go clean up the oil on the beaches!
then help clean up the birds or any animal covered in oil!
I will also make donations to victims of this and donations to help fund the clean up

how you can get involved:

i found this in an article on where you can go to make donations, sign up, etc.!!!
•The BP Community Support Team has set up a hotline for those who would like to help: 866-448-5816
•The National Wildlife Federation is working with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, and is encouraging anyone in the southern Louisiana area looking to help to reach out through its website;
•The International Bird Rescue and Research Center has sent a team of specialists to the region to help with any oiled wildlife. If you spot oiled wildlife, call the Wildlife Reporting Hotline at 866-557-1401. Please note that oiled birds (or any other oiled wildlife) should not be captured, but reported to the hotline;
•The National Audubon Society is recruiting volunteers to be trained to respond to the oil spill. They are also encouraging members of the public to contact the Interior Department and encourage them to halt the expansion of offshore oil drilling in the eastern United States;
•Alabama residents are asked to contact the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program at 251-431-6409;
•Or contact the Mobile Baykeeper at 251- 433-4229 to volunteer anywhere along the Gulf Coast;
•Save Our Seabirds is a Florida bird rescue group that is looking for volunteers as its response team prepares to help oiled wildlife. To help, call 941-388-3010;
•OilSpillVolunteers.com is also needing volunteers to assist with the cleanup.

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