For information about how and where to donate blood in the city, you can call 1-800-933-2566 Check http://www.nyblookcenter.org for more information on how to help.

Red Cross Victim Information: 212-604-7285

New York City Mortuary Information: 212-562-3051

Web site for FBI tips on the attacks:

http://www.ifccfbi.gov

A toll-free tip line for the FBI: 1-866-483-5137

Cable channel NY1 also carried on its Web site an extensive list of hotlines and information about how to volunteer to help the response to the destruction in lower Manhattan.

http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/SubTopic/index.html?topicintid=1&subtopicintid=1&contentintid=16017

Or go to: http://www.ny1.com

NYC hotline for family and friends of victims: 212-560-2730 (instead of 911)

NYPolice Department: 718-677-8238

New York Fire Department rescue efforts: 718-999-2541

Port Authority employee information: 973-565-5505/5506/5507

St. Vincent's Hospital asks that doctors or nurses who could help to call: 212-604-7285

St. Vincent's Hospital: 212-604-7285

-- St. Vincent's Grief Counseling: 212-604-8220

Other Hospitals:

Bellevue Hospital Center:212-562-4141

Coler Memorial Hospital: 212-848-6300

Goldwater Memorial Hospital:212-318-8000

Gouverneur Hospital: 212-238-7000

Chief Medical Examiner: 212-447-2030

World Trade Center Employee Information Hotlines:

AON: 203-863-6380

Morgan Stanley: 888-883-4391

Carr Future: 800-755-7620

Cantor Fitzgerald: 866-326-3188

Pitney Bowes: 800-932-3631

U.S. Government family hotline: 1-800-331-0075

Pentagon Information about employees: 1-877-663-6772

Also, atNewYork's sister site, http://www.channelseven.com, has compiled the following list:

For more information on helping victims, visit http://www.Helping.org"

The United Way of New York and the New York Community Trust have established a fund to help the victims of the attacks and their families. The September 11th Fund has been set up to provide immediate support to emergency assistance agencies. Contributions will be used to respond to the urgent needs of victims and their families. Donations should be sent in care of United Way, 2 Park Ave, New York, New York, 10016, or call 212-251-4035.

Donations are also being accepted on United Way of New York City's Web site: http://www.uwnyc.org.

American Red Cross, cash donations: 1-800-HELP-NOW

The Red Cross has also set up 12 shelters around the city where crisis counseling and meals are available. Ten are in Manhattan schools:

Chelsea High School
Norman Thomas High School
School of the Future
Bayard Rustin High School
Seward Park High
Washington Irving High School
Fashion Industry
The City As School
J.H.S. 22
I.S. 131

In Staten Island at Curtis High School and at Westinghouse in Brooklyn

Other Grief Counseling areas:

Lincoln Medical: 718-579-5000

Department of Mental Health Services: 212-442-5000