Beyond the needed donations to charities aiding the vicitims of Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama – what else can you do?

I’m posting a suggestion passed along from Victoria at The Depot about how to help.

A firm down there is setting up “a Tourism Communication and Media Center for the ’1500 journalists roaming the city looking for news.’”

How You Can Help

Up there with “how are you,” the most common question I hear is “what can I do to help.”

There are several outstanding charities managed by wonderful people and organization, but there is another crucial, desperately needed part you can play in rebuilding Louisiana better than ever:

Visit Louisiana.

Explore the state. North and Central Louisiana, Cajun Country and Southwest Louisiana were completely spared, and are ready to host you today. New Orleans will be ready to greet you again soon.

Bring a business meeting or conference here.

Plan your next vacation here. Bring the family.

Visiting will be a concrete and appreciated way to help the region rebound.

And, (to close with a Cajun phrase) we’ll pass a good time too, cher.

Now, to help all of the afflicted areas, I’d just insert visit Mississippi and Alabama, too.

A good idea from the firm in NO. Don’t know their name, but they deserve credit for the idea and effort. If I find it, I’ll post it here. Update: And here it is …. John Deveney, ABC, APR at Deveney Communication – Top 5 Boutique PR Firm in the U.S. — PRWeek, 2004