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August 15, 2004
Strengthen The Good In Florida
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We are getting many requests at Command Post for how to help people in Florida. I and others are working as you read this to locate a “micro-charity” in the area that fits with the mission of this site: local charities with a personal face, with very little or no overhead, where the story of the organizers and beneficiaries are inspiring, and where $1 can make a difference.
I’m afraid that with Charley, we’ll have many choices.
Until we can select a single person or group, however, there are things people can do in the interim to offer relief to the region, and I’ve posted some initial sources here as an interim step.
Thanks for working to strengthen the good.
- News Channel 8 in Tampa are collecting relief items to deliver "essentials" to the hardest hit areas. The News Center is also teaming up with Wal Mart to collect and distribute these items. Items can be dropped off at the News Center - 200 S. Parker Street - just south of Kennedy, near downtown. Collection is going on Sun., Aug. 15, from noon-4 p.m. Go here for details about items and locations.
- SunTrust Bank, along with News Channel 8, The Tampa Tribune and TBO.com, have partnered with the United Way to help victims of Hurricane Charley. Beginning Mon., Aug. 16, all SunTrust branch locations in the News Channel 8 viewing area will be accepting cash donations to help in the recovery and rebuilding of the affected counties. For more information please stop by a local branch … go here to find locations.
- Volunteer Florida has guidance on how to help here.
- In response to the outpouring of support for victims of Hurricane Charley, Volunteer Florida, the Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, has established a hotline to take offers of volunteers and donations. The State of Florida Volunteers & Donations Hotline number is: 1-800-FL-HELP-1
- Here's a list of Florida Red Cross chapters.
- The Charlotte EOC is asking any hotels able to donate towels, soap, toothpastes, shampoos, and toothbrushes - call emergency management at (540) 542-7246. Deliveries are at the EOC center on Utilities Road.
- NBC 2 in Ft. Myers has an excellent list of information for people in the area here, including guidance on who should go to work Monday, power restoration, and other details.
More sources to contact if you’re in the area:
- Salvation Army (money, supplies, volunteers): 1-800-725-2769
- Red Cross (Port Charlotte): 941-629-4345
- Red Cross (Hillsborough): 877-251-0921
- Red Cross (Polk): 863-294-5941
- Red Cross (toll-free): 1-800-741-1444
- Metropolitan Ministries: 813-209-1000
- Adventist Community Services: (800) 381-7171
- Christian Contractors Association: (800) 278-7703
- Church World Service: (800) 297-1516
- Florida Conference United Church of Christ: 420 N. Magnolia Ave., Suite 250, Orlando, FL 32803
- Volunteer Florida Foundation: (850) 921-0457
Posted by Alan at August 15, 2004 09:39 AM
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Comments
It's important to note that the best immediate help are tangible items such as water and food stuffs. Several Publix Supermarkets in Florida have put up collection areas that will transport all doantions of food and other necessities to the affected areas.
Some resident are goingto be without power and running water for 4 to 6 weeks, thus, potable water is a must to have and also any outdoor cooking implements.
Also super important is mosquito repellant. It's August in Florida after heavy rains. Mosquitos will become a major health risk within the next week or so.
Posted by: Val Prieto at August 15, 2004 11:06 AM