St. Isidore Church and St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda are accepting donations for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Drop-off hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays through September at St. Isidore, 440 La Gonda Way. Organizers are asking for canned food items, including tuna, chicken, stews and pasta as well as toothpaste, dental floss, phone cards, soap and batteries. Monetary donations to cover the cost of transportation and shipping will also be accepted. Help is also greatly needed to sort contributions. For more information, call 324-0729.
Those who wish to donate to the Red Cross disaster relief fund can send a contribution to the Bay Area Red Cross chapter office, 85 Second St., Eighth floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, Attn: Hurricane Katrina Relief. Checks should be made payable to American Red Cross Bay Area with the memo line indicating hurricane relief. Visit its Web site at www.bayarea-redcross.org or contact 1-800-HELPNOW (435-7669).
