Ways to help
May. 1st, 2011 08:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kallaneeboi There were massive tornadoes throughout the Southeast on Wednesday. I was in Tuscaloosa during the storms, and the city is suffering badly. People are without homes or cars and businesses are destroyed. I am fine, my apartment is fine, although the surrounding neighborhoods in my area are unrecognizable. People in the library school have been compiling ways to help:
http://legislativebarbie.blogspot.com/2
http://bama-slis.libguides.com/help
There are others around, including this one to help find people who are missing:http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/2
A simple way to help is to text FOOD to 27722 to donate $10 to the West Alabama Foodbank, which is helping to feed people without food from the tornadoes.
Feel free to PM or email me at ren_shuten at yahoo dot com if you have any other information or if you need something. I'll help however I can.
ETA: There is also an Acts of Kindness fund that's been set up: https://www.ua.edu/advancement/giving/d
And, although I'm sure some of this is repeat information, more ways to help:
http://alabamapossible.org/2011/04/torn
People who want to volunteer can go to St. Matthias church at 2310 Skyland Blvd to get on a roster. I know people tend to be leery of churches, but volunteering without a group is hard and it's a way in. What's really needed is water and clothing, but any little bit will help.
ETA 2: More ways to help: http://mashable.com/2011/04/30/se
http://legislativebarbie.blogspot.com/2
http://bama-slis.libguides.com/help
There are others around, including this one to help find people who are missing:http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/2
A simple way to help is to text FOOD to 27722 to donate $10 to the West Alabama Foodbank, which is helping to feed people without food from the tornadoes.
Feel free to PM or email me at ren_shuten at yahoo dot com if you have any other information or if you need something. I'll help however I can.
ETA: There is also an Acts of Kindness fund that's been set up: https://www.ua.edu/advancement/giving/d
And, although I'm sure some of this is repeat information, more ways to help:
http://alabamapossible.org/2011/04/torn
People who want to volunteer can go to St. Matthias church at 2310 Skyland Blvd to get on a roster. I know people tend to be leery of churches, but volunteering without a group is hard and it's a way in. What's really needed is water and clothing, but any little bit will help.
ETA 2: More ways to help: http://mashable.com/2011/04/30/se
