Relief Wish-List

Common Ground Relief's efforts are supported entirely through the generosity and support of donors.

If you'd like to make a monetary donation, click here!

If you are coming to Common Ground, and wish to bring a donation with you, please check the list below for items both large and small that we can't do without!

If you have items on the list we appreciate you sending them, if you are considering purchasing them please send gift cards or donations and note what they are to be spent on so that we can all work to rebuild the economy here in New Orleans

Donations can be sent to:

Common Ground Relief, PO Box 6128, New Orleans, LA, 70174

Thank you for your support!

Help keep our volunteers clean, fed and healthy!

Twin bed mattress pads and pillows
Food processor
2 large 24 inch stainless steel skillets
array of carving knives and knife sharpener
electric blender for sauces
large wok pan
5 and 10 gallon pots, with lids
Cambros, restaurant supply quality for cooked food
lots of inexpensive coffee mugs, bowls, plates, forks, etc. (no plastic)
bath towels
hand sanitizer
hand soap
toilet paper
bottled water
insect repellent
vitamins, over-the-counter allergy medicine, aspirin, band aids.

Construction

Lowes' Gift Cards

Mowing
Commercial Lawn Mower
Push Mower
Machetes

Tech Support
Wireless networking hardware
blank CD-Rs and DVD-R's
Laptop computers & PC computers less than 5 years old (we can wipe your hard drive)
Routers, both wired & wireless
Working digital cameras
RAM memory
bulk Cat5 cable & ends
USB peripherals, most urgently keyboards & mice
tools & test equipment
Working video cameras (miniDV or VHS)
USB cables of every length & variety
Working hard drives, CDROM drives and DVD drives.
Large external hard drives for file servers
High-end workstations for video & graphics work
Working printers and ink cartridges. Please note that at this time we are not accepting inkjet printers- unless they arrive working with spare cartridges. Thanks!

Media Collective
Blank Media: Especially Mini DV Tapes
External Hard Drives (any input)
Digital Cameras, Voice Recorders, Video Cameras: if you have the drivers, cables, batteries to match them, that would be particularly awesome!
Microphones
Compact Flash Memory Cards

Supplies for gardening plants and veggies
Soil
Mulch
Hand Garden Tools
Baskets for harvesting
Garden Gloves

Alternative Energy
Waste vegetable oil, (preferably filtered)

Common Ground’s Tech Collective has been working since hurricane Katrina to provide computers, internet access, and tech support to New Orleans’ neglected communities.

“Common Ground Tech's first response efforts were building computer labs and mobile internet labs to help residents get assistance from Fema and the Red Cross and find and contact loved ones,” says Ted Cash, Tech Collective member since June, 2006 and current IT Coordinator. Ted originally came to New Orleans to work with Common Ground’s Legal office, but the demand for skilled IT volunteers convinced him to join the Tech Collective.

Thus far, Common Ground has done an amazing job of building our own technology capacity and providing both necessary services and computer labs to the community at large entirely through the generosity of individuals like you! At the moment, however, we have some very urgent needs. Tech work at CG is a fundamental element of everything we do, from keeping databases of houses gutted to building maps of the Wetlands; shooting documentaries to assisting residents with FEMA websites. With new projects starting every day, we can use whatever you can send! Of course, your donation is tax deductible.

If you have access to any of the following resources, or would be interested in donating specifically to our IT programs, please contact Technology Collective 504-235-1759, or fill out the form on our site www.cgctechs.com , tech (at) commongroundrelief.org or mail directly to us: CG Tech, 215 North Jefferson Davis Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70119. Tech Project Wishlist
updated May 5, 2007

* Monetary donations (you can donate via paypal or by mailing a check made out to "Common Ground Relief" For "Tech" to 215 N jefferson davis parkway New Orleans, LA 70119
* UPS (uninteruptable power supply)
* Monitors
* Wireless networking hardware
* blank CD-Rs (urgent) and DVD-R's
* Laptop computers & PC computers less than 5 years old (we can wipe your hard drive)
* Mac computers, iMacs or newer
* Routers, both wired & wireless
* Working digital cameras
* RAM memory
* bulk Cat5 cable & ends
* USB peripherals, most urgently keyboards & mice
* tools & test equipment
* blank CD-R and DVD-R's
* Working video cameras (miniDV or VHS)
* USB cables of every length & variety
* Working hard drives, CDROM drives and DVD drives.
* Large external hard drives for file servers
* High-end workstations for video & graphics work
* Contact numbers/emails for schools & businesses interested in large-scale off-lease equipment donations.
* Working printers and ink cartridges. Please note that at this time we are not accepting inkjet printers- unless they arrive working with spare cartridges. Thanks!

....and volunteers! Whether it's two weeks or two years, we need you to come down & get involved.