The hurricane may have passed, but the situation in New Orleans and along the Gult Coast remains dire. Flooding continues in the Big Easy, while power outages have added another level of difficulty to organizing rescue efforts in areas of Mississippi. While the Post today published an extensive list of charities and relief organizations to which donations can be directed, a group of large-hearted Washingtonians has announced a benefit happy hour, whose proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund:

DC JazzFest Happy Hour
To help raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina
Thursday September 1, 2005
6pm – 9pm
MCCXXIII Lounge
1223 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
$25 (includes a Premium Liquor Open Bar and music)

If anyone has any info on other such events, please leave it in the comments section.

Picture above taken from the AP.

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