Helping Harvey

[RandomGuy]

I am just going to repost stuff from the Harvey thread. I think we can forgive the duplication, this seemed important enough to merit its own place.

FWIW:

GIVE MONEY.

That is the big message that most relief professionals say.

Materials have to be stored, catalogued, sorted, and transported.

Money is vastly more flexible, as it lets organizations buy/do what they need most.

Please try to keep the politics out of this thread. Bumping to keep it up top welcome. :toast


How to help victims of Harvey
Gabby KaufmanStaff Writer,Yahoo News•August 30, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/help-victims-tropical-storm-harvey-212340221.html


Red Cross

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recommended that those who want to help victims should donate to the American Red Cross, which he called a “tremendous asset.” A number of other organizations at the national, state and local levels will provide vital assistance to residents in the coming days, weeks and months.


http://www.redcross.org/hp/harvey2


http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
The Salvation Army exists to meet human need wherever, whenever, and however we can.

https://secure.savethechildren.org/s...a/sd/donor.asp
Hurricane Harvey Children's Relief Fund

https://missionaries.namb.net/projec...arvey-response
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR)

http://www.hearttoheart.org/


Heart to Heart International strengthens communities through improving health access, providing humanitarian development and administering crisis relief worldwide. We engage volunteers, collaborate with partners and deploy resources to achieve this mission.


HHI Responds to Hurricane Harvey

Heart to Heart International had a disaster response team and mobile medical unit deploy from Kansas City on Friday, August 25th to arrive in Texas ahead of the storm Hurricane Harvey. Over the last several days we have worked with local partners to identify areas of greatest need and provide medical support and aid distribution.

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/disa...ricane-harvey/

Samaritan’s Purse Will Send Five Disaster Relief Units to Texas

(saw these people first hand in San Marcos, not impressed, Southern Baptists had better plans/efforts, but here they are anyway)

http://www.texasdiaperbank.org/about-the-texas-diaper-bank/


Established by ten local United Methodist Churches in San Antonio, Texas, since 1997 the Texas Diaper Bank has been working to meet the basic needs of vulnerable babies, children with disabilities and seniors. The organization’s mission of: to address the diaper gap and its impact on individuals in crisis has led the organization to provide a continuum of basic needs services combined with educational opportunities that strengthen a family’s self-reliance.

https://teamrubiconusa.org/


Disasters are our business. Veterans are our passion.

Team Rubicon unites the skills and experiences of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams.
https://www.feedingtexas.org/

(state-wide food banks)



WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING

At this point in the disaster, the best form of support is financial.

Here is the contact information for all local food banks:

Houston Food Bank
832-369-9390
houstonfoodbank.org

Galveston Food Bank
409-945-4232
galvestoncountyfoodbank.org

Food Bank of the Golden Crescent (Victoria)
361-578-0591
victoriafoodbank.org
Closed Friday

Corpus Christi Food Bank
361-887-6291
foodbankcc.com

Southeast Texas Food Bank (Beaumont)
409-839-8777
setxfoodbank.org

Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley (Pharr)
956-682-8101
foodbankrgv.com

Brazos Valley Food Bank (Bryan)
979-779-3663
bvfb.org

Central Texas Food Bank (Austin)
512-282-2111
centraltexasfoodbank.org

San Antonio Food Bank
210-337-3663
safoodbank.org

For more information on all of these food banks head to feedingtexas.org.




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Pets:
http://www.humanesociety.org/
https://www.spca.org/news_hurricane-harvey

Blood:

http://www.redcross.org/hp/harvey2
http://www.carterbloodcare.org/donate-blood/
https://weareblood.org/


Airbnb has set up an Urgent Accommodations page, allowing evacuees to find a place to stay for free with the help of those able to offer their space at no charge.


Urgent Accommodations
All service fees are waived for those affected by the disaster and checking in between August 23, 2017 and September 25, 2017.
https://www.airbnb.com/disaster/hurricaneharveyevacuees

Will probably force my kids to double up again, in order to free up a room.

[RandomGuy]

https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/


After receiving an overwhelming number of inquiries from citizens and companies who want to help, Mayor Sylvester Turner has established the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund that will accept tax-deductible flood relief donations for victims affected by the recent floods.

40% of closed businesses never re-open. Of those that do, 25% fail within a year. Cash flow crunches are often fatal, so consider this as a free market boost, for those of you so inclined.

[RandomGuy]

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/hurricane-harvey-relief-fund/


Summary
Hurricane Harvey has caused widespread, catastrophic flooding and damage in Texas and along the Gulf Coast. This fund will provide relief to survivors in the form of emergency supplies like food, water, and medicine in addition to longer-term recovery assistance to help residents recover and rebuild. All donations to this fund will exclusively support relief and recovery efforts from this storm.

[RandomGuy]

https://www.unitedwayhouston.org/flood/flood-donation/


UNITED WAY RELIEF FUND
We have launched the United Way Relief Fund to help meet storm-related needs and recovery in our community. 100% of your gift to the United Way Relief Fund goes to help our neighbors and our community recover from Hurricane Harvey. Thank you for your generosity.

an old standby

[RandomGuy]

https://www.homelesshouston.org/take-action/donate/


At the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County,
we rely on the generosity of individuals like you
to help us coordinate community strategies
to prevent and end homelessness in the greater Houston area.

Probably one of the better ones at finding people housing solutions. Just my take, this may be a good "dark horse" way to give effectively.

[RandomGuy]

http://www.portlight.org/home.html


Portlight Strategies, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 1997 to facilitate a variety of projects involving people with disabilities, including post-disaster relief work.

[RandomGuy]

Austin area links:
http://www.statesman.com/news/state-...iWchFPuVH4TkI/

San Antonio area links:
https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/...rricane-harvey

More San Antonio links:
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/loca...-those-in-need

Texas Tribune has the best list I have seen so far:
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08...orts-how-help/

Dallas Links:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/harv...exans-can-help

[RandomGuy]

Shameless bump.

[RandomGuy]

Wow. Excellent link for those who want to dive in.

http://swamplot.com/the-best-way-to-find-out-which-hurricane-harvey-shelters-near-you-need-help-and-what-they-need/2017-08-29/

[johnsmith]

A few of us drove out this morning early to grab a buddies elderly parents. We were there all day in an upscale hood helping these people. Puts it into crazy perspective when you see how literally EVERYONE is fucked out there. Sad day for us.

[RandomGuy]

A few of us drove out this morning early to grab a buddies elderly parents. We were there all day in an upscale hood helping these people. Puts it into crazy perspective when you see how literally EVERYONE is fucked out there. Sad day for us.

Good to hear they are ok. A lot of the elderly are going to need help cleaning out and gutting their "dry"wall. I will go in with my two boys once the situation stabilizes.

(edit)

Couldn't get there now, even if I were wanting to, due to gasoline shortage. Shit.

[boutons_deux]

HEB has signs posted at checkout counters saying you can add money for Houston to your bill

[pgardn]

Is a church, school, shelter near you housing evacuees? If it's accessible and stores are as wel...

Go there and ask what they need during lunch, before or after work.
For those of you who think/want to think some bureaucrat will take your money.

[hater]

Americans will be fine they are rich

I rather we all give to the flood victims in Bangladesh

Thousands killed and 1/3 of Bangladesh is currently underwater.

True humane thing would be to give money to Bangladesh please

[pgardn]

Americans will be fine they are rich

I rather we all give to the flood victims in Bangladesh

Thousands killed and 1/3 of Bangladesh is currently underwater.

True humane thing would be to give money to Bangladesh please

Here is a site Hater in others can give directly to for South East Asia AND Harvey:

http://irusa.org

Lets start a list and match each other's funding this site.
Hater you start with your donation.

[johnsmith]

HEB has signs posted at checkout counters saying you can add money for Houston to your bill

I'm betting you didn't do it though did you?

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