Call To All Americans: The most effective way people can help those displaced by the hurricane is by making a financial contribution to humanitarian organizations and state relief funds. The president has encouraged Americans to donate to the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, other good charities, and religious congregations in the region. Former Presidents Bush and Clinton have led a private fundraising effort that has already received pledges of more than $100 million to aid the Gulf Coast's recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Donations can be made online at www.BushClintonKatrinaFund.org. The president has asked USA Freedom Corps to create an information clearinghouse for relief efforts. The clearinghouse will allow a family anywhere to find opportunities to help families in the Gulf Coast region, or a school to connect with a school and encourages existing organizations, like Scout troops and labor unions, to contact their counterparts in the Gulf to learn what they can do to help.