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Help Hurricane Harvey Victims: Where To Donate #HoustonStrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s a list of suggestions from people in my network: United Way of Houston. Jewish Federation of Greater Houston. YMCA Houston. Greater Houston Community Foundation Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. Covenant Hous e (helping homeless youth). PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.) million awarded in response to non-epidemic disasters including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the earthquake in Mexico. And that’s only for one disaster last year. funders contributed $266.2

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Jody was introduced to blogging while on assignment with the public affairs team assigned to the Houston Astrodome during the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. She returned home and started a “mommy blog” – purely as a hobby and virtual scrapbook.

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Alexandra Rampy, Guest Post: The Cool Factor About Mobile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Objective : Provide a home site for of CDC’s mobile information about hurricane preparedness and the flu season. Due to the increasing amount of dangerous hurricane like Katrina, Gustav and Ike, the CDC recently created a mobile Web site to further assist during times of emergency. Cool Factor : Government Goes Mobile.

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Galveston nonprofit tree organization vies to win $50,000 through online contest - Houston Chronicle

AFP Blog

Galveston nonprofit tree organization vies to win $50,000 through online contest - Houston Chronicle : A community campaign to replace the tree canopy Galveston lost to Hurricane Ike is in the running for a $50,000 project award from Tom's of Maine.

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. We had over 20,000 volunteers in Puerto Rico alone, most of whom were Puerto Ricans who had been impacted by the hurricane themselves.

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Finding a role?

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Then I did a general search for YMCA and Katrina and found that: the YMCA of Houston is housing evacuees, and the YMCA of Ann Arbor Michigan is collecting gift cards from national chains and sending them down to the Houston Y. The YMCA of San Antonio is matching all employee contributions to its Katrina fund.

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