Our bloggers are certainly caring about Hurricane Katrina victims, and we encourage you to help too. Here is how:

• FMF is offering $2,500 match for your donation!
• A complete list of relief agencies and how bloggers can donate advertising space to the Red Cross.
• Five Tips to Make Your Donations Go Farther
• And more ways that can help.

Besides, here are our regular weekly recap of personal finance discussions. If you love personal finance, you can showcase your writings at PFBlog too.

Bloggers' Personal Stories

• We have quite a duel at PFBlog Network: 1stMill confessed that he no longer plays individual stocks, while FatBoy explains why he will not touch mutual funds.
• Flexo is selling used books at Amazon!
• Scottrade gave MM a good first impression.

Personal Finance News and Resources

• Nevada, California and Taxes are the riskiest states for identity theft, and let's face it: it's probably only a matter of time before you become an ID theft victim.
• First step of preventing identity theft: check your credit reports regularly. To your rescue, free credit reports are available nation-wide now.
• Does an individual 401(k) appeal to your saving mentality? Read MM's notes about the program, detailed analysis and more resources.
• Naked Picks explains how you can spot revenue frauds.
• Do you have love-hate feelings for Walmart? If you hate it, here is the resource you need to sue the 800-pound gorilla.
• Nickel explains how Katrina will affect gas prices.

Personal Finance Tips

• You can make your financial life extremely complicated or you can keep it simple.
• Hate front-load fees for your favorite mutual funds? Here is how you can get them cheap.
• A quick tally of gas spending makes some gas-saving tips timely advices.
• Do you want to create some subaccounts at ING Direct? Here is how.