Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones (3rd Best Band, ever)

Oh, a storm is threat’ning
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away

War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin’
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost it’s way...

There are plenty of worthy charities to send your donation for Gulf Coast Hurricane relief.

My favorite and one I have both volunteered and donated to is Habitat for Humanity.

And here's why:

Koinonia Farm and the Fund for Humanity
The concept that grew into Habitat for Humanity International was born at Koinonia Farm, a small, interracial, Christian farming community founded in 1942 outside of Americus, Ga., by farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan. The Fullers first visited Koinonia in 1965, having recently left a successful business in Montgomery, Ala., and all the trappings of an affluent lifestyle to begin a new life of Christian service. At Koinonia, Jordan and Fuller developed the concept of "partnership housing" -- where those in need of adequate shelter would work side by side with volunteers to build simple, decent houses.

And if you love music as much as my family does, then consider native New Orleanian Harry Connick Jr.'s efforts to rebuild his hometown.

UPDATE:
This morning, Connick, Jr. was named the Honorary Chairman of Habitat for Humanity's Gulf Coast Relief Fund. He and Branford Marsalis are putting their celebrity to good work.

If you have a home
filled with joyous sound
your spirit is free to roam...
(Brian Christianson, lyrics in progress)