NATCHEZ &8212; The disaster wish list the United Way has been making might be filled without spending a single Adams County dollar.

The Miss-Lou is one of 13 communities nationwide chosen to be a part of the national United Way&8217;s Operation Caring Communities. The program partners a United Way directly affected by Hurricane Katrina with one that was not.

The unaffected agency &8212; in the Miss-Lou&8217;s case, the Great Lakes region &8212; will work to donate needed items, money and volunteers.

For instance, a company that sells or rebuilds generators in the Great Lakes region may donate all the needed generators to the Miss-Lou, local Director Kathy Stevens said.

Volunteers with experience organizing a food bank may come share their knowledge.

&8220;It&8217;s going to be a wonderful experience,&8221; Stevens said. &8220;During Katrina we wouldn&8217;t have made it if it hadn&8217;t been for communities outside our area. This is a great way for people who want to do something for the communities impacted.&8221;

Stevens said the Natchez area was chosen based on the number of evacuees once here and still here.

&8220;The storm created such an economic disaster for those who sheltered in our area and those evacuees that are still here,&8221; she said. &8220;We have to have help &8230; and they have chosen to take that on.&8221;

The wish list the United Way and other agencies created and Monday&8217;s town hall meeting has already been sent to the national office.

Stevens has been in contact with a representative from the Great Lakes area.

&8220;They&8217;ll break that list apart and start working on it,&8221; she said.

The Miss-Lou is the only community not hit directly by Katrina&8217;s strongest winds to be chosen for the program. All other communities are further south.

The local United Way has supplied the national office with statistics about the evacuees in Natchez.

The wish list includes immediate needs, mid-term needs and long-term needs. Some of the bigger items were generators, satellite phones, money and a YMCA with shower facilities.

The items can include things needed to shelter and service evacuees and items needed to protect local residents in case of a storm here.

No timetable has been set for the projects.

The United Way will host another town hall meeting Monday to revise their wish list.