The Police Association of New Orleans (PANO) is requesting donations for supplies to the first responders and victims of Hurricane Helene in the Asheville, North Carolina region. As we all know from our past experience with Katrina, recovering from such a devastating storm takes time and the victims are in desperate need of supplies of all sorts.
The Police Association of New Orleans is accepting donations at two physical sites, one on the North Shore, and one on the South Shore.
On the North Shore donations are being accepted at Mike BRUNO’s North Shore HARLEY-DAVIDSON located at 791 I-10 Service Rd. in Slidell, between the hours of 10 am and 7 pm, Tuesday (8th) through Saturday (12th).
On the South Shore donations will be accepted at the New Orleans Police Department Special Operations Division warehouse at 1899 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans (by the Walmart) between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM Monday through Friday. The entrance is off Felicity and Religious at the back of the building.
PANO is also accepting donations via Venmo by searching for “Police Association of New Orleans”. It must be typed out, not just “PANO”. 100% of any funds collected will be used to purchase supplies that may not get donated. None of the collected funds will be used for expenses or overhead. It will go 100% to the victims. Once collected, the supplies will be delivered to the Asheville, NC first responders and victims.
We are suggesting:
Water & Beverages
- Bottled water
- Gatorade
Food
- Non-perishable food items
General Clothing
- Socks
- T-shirts
- Underwear
- Any NEW clothing items (excluding cold weather gear)
Antiseptics
- Neosporin, Bacitracin, etc.
- First Aid
- Band-Aids, gauze, tape, etc.
- Medications
- Aspirin, Tylenol, Advil
Personal Care
- Toothbrushes & toothpaste
- Soap (especially hand soap and/or disinfectant)
- Deodorant
- Shampoo
- Baby wipes
- Baby powder
Other Items
- Sunscreen
- Foot spray (e.g., Tinactin)
- Bug spray (e.g., OFF)
- Calamine lotion
Basically, we will turn nothing away as I’m sure anything we get can be used in one way or another. So many came and gave to us during and after Katrina. It’s our turn to help. Thank you.
If you have any questions please call PANO at 504-942-2454.
We certainly appreciate your donations; however, we are currently ONLY accepting NEW items for delivery.