Hurricane Relief Starts At Home

For Brooks & Dunn, hurricane relief starts at home. While her daddy is on the road on the Deuces Wild Tour, 10-year-old Haley Dunn and four of her friends decided to take fundraising into their own hands.

The girls set up a lemonade stand at the end of the driveway at Ronnie Dunn's Williamson County estate. Haley put up two cardboard stand-ups of her daddy and duo-partner Kix Brooks. The biggest business came from busloads of country fans doing the tour of the stars' homes thing. In 2½ days this weekend the girls made $914.

"Once they start talking to Haley and her friends the fans get so choked up they're practically handing over their wallets," proud father Ronnie told me by phone yesterday. "I'm so proud of my little girl I could die." Along with the $914, Brooks & Dunn are sending several semitrailers loaded with cell phones, clothes and other supplies down to Mississippi and Louisiana.

Ways You Can Help The Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

THE AFTERMATH OF KATRINA HAS CAUSED A DISASTER OF UNPRECEDENTED SCOPE Help is needed from everybody in the nation NOW to rescue and feed displaced American Citizens of New Orleans and adjacent Gulf Coast communities.

Here's a list of agencies that are helping bring relief to the people of the
Gulf Coast. Please click on the links below or call to help.

American Red Cross: 800-HELP-NOW (435-7669)
Operation Blessing: 800-436-6348
America's Second Harvest: 800-344-8070
Salvation Army: 800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
ASCPA: www.aspca.org/disaster
Southern Baptist Convention-Disaster Relief 800-462-8657 X 6440
United Methodist Relief Fund: 800-554-8583
Catholic Charities: 800-919-9338
United Jewish Communities: www.ujc.org
Better Life Foundation: www.thebetterlifefoundation.org
Louisiana OHSEP: www.ohsep.louisiana.gov
Alabama Emergency Management Agency: www.ema.alabama.gov
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency: 800-222-MEMA (6362)
United Way: 813-274-0900
America Cares: www.americacares.org
Mercy Corps: 888-256-1900
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: www.nvoad.org
HSUS Disaster Relief Fund for Animals: 888-259-5431
Convoy of Hope: 417-823-8998