{"id":11386,"date":"2017-08-31T17:16:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=11386"},"modified":"2017-08-31T21:12:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T02:12:46","slug":"safe-channels-for-giving-to-hurricane-harvey-victims-and-other-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/safe-channels-for-giving-to-hurricane-harvey-victims-and-other-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe channels for giving to Hurricane Harvey victims and other help resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_11388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11388\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Worker-rescues-Asian-vic-Hurricane-Harvey.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Worker-rescues-Asian-vic-Hurricane-Harvey-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"Worker rescues Asian vic of Hurricane Harvey\" width=\"525\" height=\"351\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Worker-rescues-Asian-vic-Hurricane-Harvey-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Worker-rescues-Asian-vic-Hurricane-Harvey-225x150.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Worker-rescues-Asian-vic-Hurricane-Harvey-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Worker-rescues-Asian-vic-Hurricane-Harvey-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-content\/uploads\/Worker-rescues-Asian-vic-Hurricane-Harvey.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Texas National Guardsman rescues Hurricane Harvey victim Source: US DOD<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHere are organizations that reliable sources have vouched for as safe for receiving donations for Hurricane Harvey victim relief. Providers of other types of help are listed too. I&#8217;ll continue adding to this list as I find more outlets. <\/p>\n<h4>Safe Organizations for Financial Donations<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation recommends the <a href=\"https:\/\/ghcfdisaster.kimbia.com\/hurricaneharveyrelieffund\">Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund<\/a> of the Greater Houston Community Foundation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buff.ly\/2vs1w6J\">National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster<\/a> lists trusted organizations for making donations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Providers of other kinds of help<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To find family &#038; friends or to register yourself as safe, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/buff.ly\/2vsaEby\">American Red Cross Safe &#038; Well site<\/a><\/li>\n<li>To report a missing child, contact the National Center for Missing &#038; Exploited Children 1-866-908-9570<\/li>\n<li>Get help for emotional distress from the storm at Disaster Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990. Or text TalkWithUs to 66746<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Safety Tips<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>From the US CDC: The initial damage caused by a flood is not the only risk. Standing flood waters can also spread infectious diseases, bring chemical hazards and cause injuries. Learn more about staying safe following a flood <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mphfia\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mphfia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are organizations that reliable sources have vouched for as safe for receiving donations for Hurricane Harvey victim relief. Providers of other types of help are listed too. I&#8217;ll continue adding to this list as I find more outlets. Safe Organizations for Financial Donations The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation recommends the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/safe-channels-for-giving-to-hurricane-harvey-victims-and-other-help\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Safe channels for giving to Hurricane Harvey victims and other help resources&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[979,1,282],"tags":[1555,804,2603,2604],"class_list":["post-11386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-all","category-help","tag-donate","tag-help-2","tag-hurricane-harvey","tag-trust"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11386"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11396,"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions\/11396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}