KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two dozen young hurricane survivors and their families were evacuated to Kansas City late Wednesday night.

Children's Mercy Hospital offered to take in the children.

KMBC's Krista Klaus reported that the young patients were being cared for at a children's hospital in New Orleans. But rampant looting and the lack of electricity soon turned the children's hospital there into a dangerous place for them to be.

The Missouri Air National Guard transported the young patients and their families from New Orleans to Kansas City. They arrived at the Downtown Airport at about 11 p.m. and then were transported to Children's Mercy.

"It feels great -- everybody loves kids and anything you can do for them feels good," said Maj. Ron Douglas, with the Missouri Air National Guard.

The hospital's president Randall O'Donnell is old friends with the president of the New Orleans Children's Hospital and offered the assistance on Tuesday.

Children's Mercy officials said that they do have plenty of room for the children. A hospital spokesman said that some children arrived without their parents. They were apparently unable to locate them.

They have opened up patient rooms that are typically only used during peak flu season to accommodate the influx of young patients.

How To Help

Families of the children are being put up in hotels. Anyone who would like to contribute money to help pay for hotel rooms, food and transportation can donate online at Childrens-Mercy.org, or checks can be mailed to:

Children's Mercy Hospital
Resource Development Office
2401 Gillham Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64108

Write "Family Support Fund" in the memo line of the check.

For more information on how you can help with hurricane relief efforts, click here.