If your heart goes out to all those suffering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene and you wonder how you can possibly help, here are some suggestions.
Before donating to organizations that assist in hurricane relief efforts, or for any cause, be sure to check them out on the Better Business Bureau’s Give.org website (search for a name or look at their long alphabetical list of organizations), or check on Charity Navigator (search for a specific charity or cause, such as Hurricane Helene). You’ll learn which ones are legitimate and will handle your donation as you want.
Here are some hurricane relief organizations and other resources if you want to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene and, tragically, more weather-related disasters on the way. (All organizations linked here are rated as Four-Star Charities on Charity Navigator.)
- All Hands and Hearts
- American Red Cross
- Americares
- Feeding America
- Greater Good Charities
- Kiplinger.com has listed several organizations to donate to hurricane relief efforts for specific areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
- Samaritan’s Purse
- Team Rubicon – a veteran-led humanitarian organization with more than 160,000 volunteers in the U.S.
- The Salvation Army
- The University of Tennessee Knoxville – Response to Hurricane Helene – Relief efforts. This very thorough website lists many volunteer organizations helping in each region affected by Hurricane Helene, organizations to donate funds to for specific locations, as well as locations to donate goods.
- United Way
Thank you for the list. It narrows down the legitimate ones.
The number of phony organizations falsely representing themselves as Hurricane Relief, is going to escalate. A lot of these will be offshore individuals or groups. Scammers know how to take advantage of these kind of situations.
I for one never answers phone calls from numbers that show up as spam or no caller ID. Plus, if they do not have the decency to leave a message, their number gets blocked.
We have received calls from someone saying the represent the State Police Benefit Fund.
They call from an out of state number.
PS: our local fire department is sending some of their people to those areas with equipment.
Donate to the local charities like Samaritan’s Purse or local fire departments. They are not as well known, but are just as effective.
I only donate to Samaritan’s Purse when it comes to natural disasters. They are honest, and the majority of what you donate goes to help those in need.
Thank you, RV Travel! 🙂 Well, it is extremely gratifying to see the UT is working to maintain the state’s long-ago-earned nickname as the “Volunteer State.” Makes me even more proud to have graduated from there and be a native-son. 🙂 Thank you, too, RV Travel for providing the links! Have a great day and safe travels! 🙂