Joplin disaster aid - donation relief thread
 

Please post any ways you can donate/give relief to the people in need in Joplin.

http://www.redcross.org/

http://www.uwheartmo.org/

http://www.savealifenow.org/services...-locations.php

http://www.joplinmo.org/article.cfm?AID=966

http://www.facebook.com/#!/joplinmo?sk=wall

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/23...afternoon.html

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article...9-fc840ea9fece

http://springfieldpublicschoolsmo.or...id_Joplin.aspx

http://www.news-leader.com/article/2...relief-efforts

You can send $10 by texting "REDCROSS" to 90999

If there's a way to track the donations, I would auction off my user name, avatar, and signature.

Here's a link for the United Way.

http://www.uwheartmo.org/

To the other Columbia peeps.

A blood drive will be held 2-6 pm at Achieve Balance Chiropractic in Columbia at 3901 S. Providence. If you are wanting to help Joplin, this is a great way to do it.

Here's some info I got from my work e-mail

Message relay from Troop F @ 2120 hours:

In reference to the SEMA Incident the command post is currently operational in the Troop D Joplin area. Due to an overwhelming number of Volunteers, SEMA officials are not currently requesting any further outside assistance until further notice.
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Let's get a sticky on these Joplin threads

At this point, it is best to take all physical donations (food, water, clothing, pet products, offers of foster homes, etc) to a local organization. There are so many people that want to take items down, but there are only so many people that can coordinate. Chances are, a local organization is in on the coordination efforts, and it will lessen the foot traffic of those coming and going during the rescue and recovery.

Yes, Please!

Joplin, MO Tornado Recovery--
If you are coordinating a fundraiser in your area, please send information to joplintornadorecovery@gmail.com so that it can be posted as an event [on the Joplin, MO Tornado Recovery page on facebook]. Remember to include date, time and location, along with any images.

I'm confused. What do you mean by posted as an event? Are you quoting someone else?

My apologies. Edited my post, so hope it's more clear.

She quoted the FB page for recovery efforts.

Works for me.

Also, a link to the Facebook page would be helpful.

Added.

I just sent some $ to the Ozark Region Red Cross.
Hope you all do the same.

Huge list of ways you can help the victims of Joplin......

http://www.news-leader.com/article/2...xt|FRONTPAGE|s

That list is too long to quote in the OP, so I included the link. Thanks.

Same here. I also donated blood last week, not knowing where it would go. I think that I now have an idea. The website shows that I cannot donate again until July. Is it possible to move it in? Has anyone done this?

Missourians interested in volunteering to assist should call (800) 427-4626 or 2-1-1. Those with medical skills interested in volunteering should go to: https://www.showmeresponse.org

Missourians wishing to make donations to help with the relief effort can go to http://www.sema.dps.mo.gov/recover/donations.asp or call (800) 427-4626 or 2-1-1.

Residents affected by the tornado who wish to notify their friends and family that they are safe should go to: https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/index.php. Friends and family who would like to check on their loved ones in the affected area can use the same site.

Missourians who need disaster information, shelter information or referrals are urged to call 2-1-1. The United Way's 211 service number is now available for most areas in Missouri. In areas where the 211 number is not operational, citizens can call 800-427-4626.

United Way of the Ozarks in Springfield is waiting to hear plans from the American Red Cross – Greater Ozarks Chapter regarding mobilizing volunteer efforts. As soon as it has confirmation on how and where to volunteer, it will release that information.

If you would like to help with a monetary donation, please send your checks to United Way of the Ozarks, 320 N. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO 65806, marked JOPLIN TORNADO DISASTER RELIEF and all funds received will be distributed to the United Way of Southwest Missouri (Joplin).

BUMP to help the people of Joplin.

Done. Salvation Army as well. Challenge all Bronco fans here to do what they can, if they can. I know times are tough.

My contact at CBCO said that they have enough blood to meet the need in Joplin. They actually had to start turning away some people. They're also in excess of A Positive blood, so, if that's what you have, he recommended waiting until the summer to donate.

Ahem,

CAN WE PLEASE STICKY THIS AND THE OTHER JOPLIN THREADS?

t.i.a.

Thx....guess that answers my question. :)

Wish I could go up and help.

It's an odd phenomenon, but major events get more attention when they are NOT stickied. So no. At least not until the discussion starts sliding off into oblivion on its own.

I respect that.

Whatever gets the most visibility.

Donated to the Heart of Missouri United Way. Thanks for that link, it's nice to give locally.

The Chiefs organization will be collecting donations at Arrowhead, Parking lot C Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday. clothing, non-perishable food items, as well as monetary donations

I'm curious why this hasn't been sticky'ed yet?

I'm curious if you've read the thread.

LMAO

Missed your post, sorry.

Posts can be missed when there's a tear in your eye.

Full press release about it is up. The Chiefs are pitching in $35k as well.

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article...9-fc840ea9fece

Apparently the Carthage High class of 2011 threw their 11k in project grad money to charity.

As much as you can never undervalue donations, it's kind of sad in a way that the Chiefs only came up with 3x as much as a high school class. Hell, Wal-Mart's throwing in a million.

For people in Springfield, Springfield Public Schools are taking donations to Joplin throughout the week. Please see a list of specific schools participating:

http://springfieldpublicschoolsmo.or...id_Joplin.aspx

If the Chiefs donated any more, it'd look bad for the owner's case against the players.

I plan on donating something myself. Just kinda mulling which organization to do it through.

BUMP for Joplin.

The company I work for will donate $1 for every order we process between now and Memorial day to Red Cross Joplin. That should net a couple hundred bucks.

Randomly saw this on Twitter from the Ozarks Food Harvest:

Just reinforces the idea that there are processes in place to put donations and volunteers to work. Go through those or else you'll just muck up the system.

It's true. Go through the proper channels. The warehouses know what they need. In Tuscaloosa, we saw a lot of unsolicited donations of useless shit like used underwear and assorted shoes without matching pairs. It takes a lot of manpower to sort through those donations, oftentimes to little positive end.

BUMP to keep the relief effort on the front page.

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Chiefs filled 2 semis of bottled water today for Joplin tornado relief. Pioli, Clark Hunt and Mark Donovan back at it tomorrow.

6 minutes ago

Hopefully they do well tomorrow. I was out there today and it looked like a fairly well organized effort.

Now that the discussion's dying down, I'm going to copy the OP from this thread into the other general discussion thread.