Beyond cash: More ways you can help hurricane and flood victims
In our household, my wife has taken the leadership role in terms of providing relief to hurricane victims. Here are a few things shes doing I thought worth sharing:
- We are donating used clothing and personal items to a local church that will transport them to victims.
- Today, at my wife's suggestion, I stopped by our local fire department to ask them how we might help. They are collecting can goods, bottled water and sanitary items that will be forwarded to victims. Our cupboards and closets are overflowing with items we plan to donate.
- Once victims have a chance to get settled, we plan to clean out the attic, closets and garage to come up with household items that may be useful to victims faced with starting over.
- We are also donating items to help care for family pets.
In terms of cash donations, we choose Lowes because they are matching in-store donations, for the Red Cross, up to a total of $2 million. Also please visit FMF who is generously matching donations out of his own pocket.
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