You can send money too

I should add that even if you have neither the money nor the star power of Brad and Angelina, you can also give to the St. Bernard Project.
Details on giving at stbernardproject.org.
I know a lot of people are looking for places to send year-end contribution. It's hard to find a place where your money will be better spent. The organization has basically no overhead. Your contributions simply buy materials that volunteers use to rebuild houses for people who couldn't otherwise afford it. Most of the people struggled and did the right thing, scraping together enough money to buy a house, only to see it washed away.