“When Disaster Relief Brings Anything But Relief”

CBS News | April 24, 2016

Well meaning donations can sometimes turn into a “second-disaster” for relief workers and survivors.  Watch this video by CBS Morning News to find out how.

Video and article can be found at http://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-disaster-relief-brings-anything-but-relief/.

• For a listing of requested items and to offer items for donation, click HERE.  You will be contacted if your offer is needed.
• Please donate ONLY those items which are requested by officials or listed on this site.
• DO NOT donate used clothing, as most shelters and other facilities will not accept these items due to hygienic concerns.
• Items not requested may go to waste and interfere with response efforts, as time is taken away from the immediate needs to manage, sort, and store donated items.

• Hold a yard sale or put on a fund-raising event and donate money raised to a voluntary organization responding to this disaster.
• If you have already collected goods but can’t find an agency that needs them, donate these items to a local charitable agency.