How Can You Help
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Release Number: R7-07-035
» 2007 Region VII News Releases
KANSAS CITY, KS. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Kansas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster have compiled a list of organizations that are accepting donations on behalf of the Greensburg tornado victims. The most effective way people can assist in the tornado relief efforts is through monetary donations to the humanitarian organizations providing disaster relief services in the affected area. Anyone wishing to help may contact one of the following organizations directly.
City of Greensburg Authorized Monetary Funds
- Greensburg Rebuilding Fund
Greensburg State Bank, 620-723-2131
- Big Well Rebuilding Fund
City of Greensburg
239 S. Main
Greensburg, KS 67054
- South Central Community Foundation/ Friends of Education
Send to: Friends of Education (must be marked Friends of Education to go to schools)
South Central Community Foundation
Peoples Bank
P.O. Box 8624
Pratt, KS 67124
Monetary Donations
- South Central Community Foundation (local foundation raising money for rebuilding)
Phone: 620-672-7929
Mail to: Greensburg Future Fund
South Central Community Foundation
PO Box 8624
Pratt, KS 67124
- Red Cross
Phone: 1-800-RED-CROS (733-2767)
Mail to: Red Cross Midway-Kansas Chapter
PO Box 3726, Wichita, KS 67201
Specify check for: Kansas tornadoes
Online: www.redcross.org
- Salvation Army
Phone: 1-800-SAL ARMY (725-2769)
Mail to: 3637 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
Make check out to: Salvation Army
Online: www.armykettle.org
- United Way
Mail to: Green for Greensburg Fund
United Way of the Plains
245 N Water
Wichita, KS 67202
Make check out to: Green for Greensburg Fund
Online: www.unitedwayplains.org/disasters/greensburgtornado.htm
- Catholic Charities
Phone: (800) 919-9338
Mail to: Catholic Social Service
906 Central Avenue, Dodge City, KS 67801
Specify check for: Tornadoes
Online: www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
- United Methodist Kansas Area Disaster Fund
Mail to: Kansas West Conference
9440 E. Boston St, Suite 110
Wichita, KS 66207
Make check out to: Kansas West Conference, Write “Area Disaster Fund” on memo line
Online: www.kswestumc.org
- Mennonite Disaster Service
Mail to: MDS Binational Office
1018 Main St
Akron, PA 17501
Make check out to: Mennonite Disaster Service
Online: www.mds.mennonite.net
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Phone: 1-800-55-CRWRC (552-7972)
Mail to: CRWRC
2850 Kalamazoo Ave
SE Grand Rapids, MI 49560
Make check out to: CRWRC, Write “Spring Storms 2007” on memo line
Online: www.crwrc.org
Item Donations
- Kansas Food Bank
Phone: 316-265-FOOD (3663)
1919 E Douglas, Wichita
Default location for all donations (not just food). The Food Bank will sort donations and deliver them to all distribution centers near Greensburg.
Items currently needed: Gallon size cans of food, snack foods, rakes, shovels, tarps, work gloves, sunscreen
Goodwill Industries
- Donations of clothing and household items can be brought to your nearest Goodwill store.
Volunteers
- Persons unaffiliated with any organization that want to volunteer should call the United Way 211 system at 1-888-413-4327.
FEMA coordinates the federal government’s role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or man-made, including acts of terror.
Last Modified: Monday, 14-May-2007 10:20:40