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Homeless shelters can always use the clothes. And with winter coming in a few months, they are going to need winter clothes pretty badly.
Really? Cuz I have some clothes to dontate. Our school isn't going to do a clothing drive either, but something else.It doesn't look like they are taking anymore in-kind donations AT the shelters, at least not at Windsor or the Colliseum. I have User driving all over the place.
Well, either way it won't go to waste. Plenty of people in town can use them.
Homeless shelters can always use the clothes. And with winter coming in a few months, they are going to need winter clothes pretty badly.
I usually send over our stuff to the Medina Children's Home....
Yeah, I just filled up a bin at Kohl's with kids clothes a few weeks ago.
Bob's got a ton of clothes he needs to go through. And I found shoes that I didn't even know I owned
I give to the united way each week on my check...that's enough for me.
I heard that they are needing hair products, especially for African-American hair. Also, they are hoping that some hairdressers out there will donate some of their time and skill.
I tried to volunteer at Red Cross from 6-12 tonight, but got turned away. I knew I should have waited until volunteering wasn't cool again.
People have short memories, and they'll need people again within 2-3 days. I promise you that.
I'm wondering if there are other places to volunteer that aren't Red Cross related. A lot of these people are going to be looking for jobs and housing. Is the Red Cross helping with that or is there another agency that will be handling it? Maybe Texas Workforce Commission would need some extra help processing the applications?
You can contact the Salvation Army, but that is probably the only place I can think of that would be looking for volunteers related to this at the moment. I don't think the Texas Workforce Commision is going to allow anyone off the strett to get a look at these people's personal information.
Spurschick,
try the United Way and the Salvation Army. They're both excellent organizations and If you are looking to throw in some manual labor, I heard they both have opportunities right now.
The United Way is doing the organize for the Red Cross. The Salvation Army probably needs people at the warehouse @ Kelly.
I was just trying to think of other places besides the shelters themselves. It appears that they have plenty of people to volunteer there, although I agree that the numbers will thin in the next few weeks, and I know there are efforts outside of the shelters to help those that are seriously wanting to relocate here permanently.
We have more than 1200 people registered to volunteer at the United Way website www.unitedwaysatx.org. We are trying to call people back and place them with agencies needing volunteers as quickly as possible. Please understand the volunteer help will be needed for many months. Our goal is to make contact with everyone registered in the next few days. Thank you for your support. Mary from the 211 Call Center
I'm going to be patient right now. They're going to need help in a few days, and I'll let the trendy volunteers thin out like always.
No kidding. I've been wanting to go help as much as I can, but have been sick. I figured they'd probably need me more in the next few weeks for that exact reason.
props to all those helping in the recovery effort... that's what america is about!!!
Any idea how long these shelters are going to be set up? Is there a plan to have these people relocated to permanent housing? I'm thinking about the holiday season coming up. Are these kids going to be able to participate in some Halloween activities? What about Thanksgiving? Christmas?
nothing like a national tragedy to get people off their asses and trying to make a difference in this world by donating their time.
i remember the good ole days of all the service learning i have done. i need to get back into it and get some more done again. now to just find the right cause to give it to with all this tragedy around us.
i'll try to get in touch with some of my contacts guys.
I spent the last day and a half helping collect and deliver supplies to various shelters in and around the Houston area, and came away with mixed feelings.
Help me understand this for me.
When we arrived at the Baytown Community Center this afternoon. I went in and announced that we were bringing in supplies and said that we had a whole truck to unload and would appreciate any help.
Not one refugee came to help the 3 of us were were delivering all the supplies. There were teens and young adults playing basketball, others just sitting around and they just let us do all the work. Now these are the people that fled on Sunday, not the ones that were there when the city got hit, so they had been sitting around resting for a few days already. We volunteers were tired, we had been working tirelessly since last night and it was like they did not appreciate what we were doing and that they just expected us to help them.
WTF?
Anyway, this only happened once, and I can not even imagine what these people have been through, so I am not going to feel bad about helping because of this one experience, but still, I was a little put off.
Has anyone had similar experiences?
Well, as long as you know in your heart that you were doing a good deed, that's all that matters. Even if they didn't publicly acknowledge it, I am sure that there was at least one old woman or one old man or one little child there who appreciated that someone brought them food and supplies.
Months. Its pretty much in the air other than that.
Honestly, the people I saw were s shocked beyond the point of helping Jim. I know what you're saying, and I think as time goes on they will start to help out, but the ones I saw this weekend were in a daze.
Well, the playing basketball belies that theory, Manny. But as I said, I have not, nor will I ever care to walk in their shoes, so maybe I just do not understand it all.
I would still recommend everyone doing their part, beccause even giving money makes you feel good at night.
Jim I'm sorry they weren't helpful but you are right, we can never understand their frame of mind. But kudos to you for doing what you can to help out
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