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How to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey

It's being reported that Hurricane Harvey will go down as the costliest such storm in this country's history at approximately $160 billion. Millions have already been raised, blood has been drawn, thousands upon thousands of people are attempting to do all they can to help the recovery-and-rebuilding process in Houston, Texas and surrounding areas. While, as sad as it is to say, we should all be on the lookout for scams, here is a list of reputable and trusted organizations to which you can donate your time and money to this cause. No matter if you live in the area and want to volunteer some of your time, you have some old clothes you'd be willing to part ways with, or you are able to donate even just $1, every little bit helps.

American Red Cross ($10 donation minimum): https://go.crowdrise.com/donate/project/arc-hurricane-harvey-relief/americanredcross?scode=RSG00000E017&utm_campaign=Harvey&gclid=Cj0KCQjw557NBRC9ARIsAHJvVVOuUs039DGadUBwjCNB_2ctt8cPVadXQdGJS-b8YQJlbh5lDxoorTkaAtSGEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CMy326nkgdYCFc8UgQodfgIFTg

Texting: You can also donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting HARVEY to 90999 (http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/hurricane_harvey_how_to_help_h.html)

Locals: If you live in Texas, here's a list of places at which you can drop off donations - http://www.houstonemergency.org/donations-drop-off/

Houston Food Bankhttp://www.houstonfoodbank.org/

Food Bank of Corpus Christihttp://www.foodbankcc.com/

The South Texas Blood and Tissue Centerhttps://southtexasblood.org/harvey

Carter BloodCarehttp://www.carterbloodcare.org/ (you can also donate by texting DONATE4LIFE to 444-999)

The Houston Humane Societyhttp://www.houstonhumane.org/

The San Antonio Humane Societyhttps://sahumane.org/

The Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalshttp://www.houstonspca.org/

Texas Diaper Bankhttp://www.texasdiaperbank.org/

The United Way of Greater Houstonhttps://www.unitedwayhouston.org/flood

The LGBTQ Disaster Relief Fundhttps://my.reason2race.com/DNicol/HurricaneHarveyLGBTQDisasterReliefFund2017

AmeriCareshttps://secure.americares.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app250b?df_id=22191&mfc_pref=T&22191.donation=form1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8NHi1df61QIVHLbACh2VIgrUEAAYAiAAEgIK2fD_BwE&NONCE_TOKEN=D667E9715D23E1240570F3A751C2AC23

Catholic Charitieshttps://catholiccharities.org/donate-now-and-help-our-neighbors-recover-from-disaster/

Direct Reliefhttps://www.directrelief.org/emergency/hurricane-harvey-response/

Matthew 25: Ministrieshttp://m25m.org/disaster/harvey17/

Salvation Armyhttps://disaster.salvationarmyusa.org/ (you can also text STORM to 51555)

Save the Children: http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.9534789/k.9D36/Hurricane_Harvey.htm

AABB (for blood donations): http://www.aabb.org/press/Pages/pr170827.aspx

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