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1theretiredlibrarian
If you are looking to make a donation, I highly recommend UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief. 100% of donations go directly to the relief effort. They were one of the first, and the last to go when the fertilizer plant in West, Texas happened. I know for a fact, because my husband was the pastor there. http://www.umcor.org/
2margd
Good to know! I donated to Salvation Army initially because they were supporting first responders and I felt sure they know the most needy in their communities, but no doubt needs will evolve. The website video on cleaning supplies reminded me of my son's HS March-break trip to New Orleans to help elderly, etc., clear out interiors. (Really bad--it had been a while...) One homeowner served them a lunch of homemade jambalaya!
ETA, from e-mail, "Sister Donna Markham, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, arrives in Texas tomorrow on Labor Day to present $2 million in donations so far collected for immediate and long-term disaster response efforts of local Catholic Charities agencies that are serving those impacted by Hurricane Harvey... One hundred percent of the money donated is going toward relief efforts."
I like groups that channel all or most of money to charity and not overhead. In my work years, I was a little uncomfortable with United Way, which had overhead for collecting and distributing monies, but even more so with Combined Federal Campaign, which collected from federal employees, shaving off a bit more still to give to United Way--among other options!
American Red Cross says no, but they reportedly didn't do that well by Haitians a while back...
Churches and local food banks seem to be the best vehicles?
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I give blood to the American Red Cross, but for now, disaster donations go elsewhere...
Why experts say you shouldn’t give Houston money to the Red Cross — and 5 orgs to whom you could
Noor Al-Sibai | 30 Aug 2017
...News sites across the political spectrum, from Slate to the New York Times and Democracy Now! to Bloomberg, have published editorials in recent days detailing the reasons users shouldn’t give their hard-earned cash to the well-known and mostly-beloved charity. Their main evidence? The organization’s terrible response to Hurricane Katrina in 2006, the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
...As NPR reports, there are dozens of organizations, many specialized, that are on the ground in Houston. (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/28/546745827/looking-to-help-those-affected-by-harvey-here-s-a-list)
Raw Story’s picks for some of the most worthy local and national charities responding to Harvey are The Center for Disaster Philanthropy, The Greater Houston Community Foundation, Feeding Texas, the Texas Diaper Bank and Austin Pets Alive!.
In addition to monetary donations, many people are working to donate menstrual products to people in Houston who have had to do without since the storm hit...
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/why-experts-say-you-shouldnt-give-houston-money-...
ETA, from e-mail, "Sister Donna Markham, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, arrives in Texas tomorrow on Labor Day to present $2 million in donations so far collected for immediate and long-term disaster response efforts of local Catholic Charities agencies that are serving those impacted by Hurricane Harvey... One hundred percent of the money donated is going toward relief efforts."
I like groups that channel all or most of money to charity and not overhead. In my work years, I was a little uncomfortable with United Way, which had overhead for collecting and distributing monies, but even more so with Combined Federal Campaign, which collected from federal employees, shaving off a bit more still to give to United Way--among other options!
American Red Cross says no, but they reportedly didn't do that well by Haitians a while back...
Churches and local food banks seem to be the best vehicles?
________________________________________________
I give blood to the American Red Cross, but for now, disaster donations go elsewhere...
Why experts say you shouldn’t give Houston money to the Red Cross — and 5 orgs to whom you could
Noor Al-Sibai | 30 Aug 2017
...News sites across the political spectrum, from Slate to the New York Times and Democracy Now! to Bloomberg, have published editorials in recent days detailing the reasons users shouldn’t give their hard-earned cash to the well-known and mostly-beloved charity. Their main evidence? The organization’s terrible response to Hurricane Katrina in 2006, the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
...As NPR reports, there are dozens of organizations, many specialized, that are on the ground in Houston. (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/28/546745827/looking-to-help-those-affected-by-harvey-here-s-a-list)
Raw Story’s picks for some of the most worthy local and national charities responding to Harvey are The Center for Disaster Philanthropy, The Greater Houston Community Foundation, Feeding Texas, the Texas Diaper Bank and Austin Pets Alive!.
In addition to monetary donations, many people are working to donate menstrual products to people in Houston who have had to do without since the storm hit...
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/why-experts-say-you-shouldnt-give-houston-money-...
3pmackey
I donated to Episcopal Relief and Development for Harvey and South Sudan in an effort to act "locally" and internationally. I do intend to make a nominal donation to Red Cross but haven't yet. I, too, have always liked Catholic Charities so will probably donate to them as well.
4margd
Charity Navigator gave United Methodist Committe on Relief four stars, its top rating:
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=5239
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=5239
