The tragic events of September 11th have affected
us all. At WickedCoolStuff.com our hearts go out to
the friends and families most affected by the
devastation in New York and Washington.
If you wish to help the relief effort, the
following organizations are currently accepting
your kind donations:
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Relief
Efforts
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NYC
Emergency Efforts - official
New York City site; includes current emergency,
relief, transportation, and missing persons
information.
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Cantor
Fitzgerald Relief Fund - call
1-800-446-0500, or visit the site for details on
how to donate to help the families and loved ones
of those lost in the World Trade Center disaster.
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Carr
Futures World Trade Center Memorial
Fund - donations
to this fund will help the families of Carr
employees who were victims of the WTC tragedy.
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NYC
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association
- find out how to
donate
to the police officer's widows and childrens fund.
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New
York State World Trade Center Relief Fund
- call 800-801-8092,
or donate online.
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Interactive
Relief & Rescue Map -
helps to determine the location of medical sites, shelters,
missing persons centers, area closures,
phone/electric outages, and relief organizations.
From URHere.
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NY
Relief
- provides up-to-date
information to New Yorkers about how they can
volunteer and help the relief efforts for the WTC
attack.
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New
York Blood Center - 1-800-933-2566;
site has donation information and locations.
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Supplies
Needed for Relief Effort
- lists supplies that
can be donated to help in relief efforts, and where
to direct donations. From NY Rock.
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Federal
Emergency Management Agency
- if you are in NYC or
D.C. and are in need of assistance, call FEMA:
1-800-426-9029. Includes suggested
donation avenues
to help the victims of the terrorist attacks.
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Newsday
Disaster Relief Fund - donate
money online, find out what kind of
items
are most needed, where to donate
blood, and more.
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American
Liberty Partnership - portal
created by Internet
leaders to provide
the public with a place to support numerous rescue
and relief organizations.
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Armed
Services YMCA - site
has information
on a fund to establish programs and services for
the family members of those military and civilian
personnel who have been tragically lost in the
Pentagon disaster.
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B'nai
B'rith - relief
fund to aid the victims and their families of the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Church
World Service - relief,
development, and refugee assistance ministry of 36
Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations.
Includes a factsheet
on WTC recovery efforts.
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Episcopal
Relief and Development - providing
food and drink for 24-hour teams involved in the
search and rescue, and support trauma and grief
counseling.
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Feed
The Children - mobilizing
to address emergency needs in New York. Includes
online donation form.
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Helping.org
- online conduit for dontaing money to
relief and recovery efforts.
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Housing
Relief Fund - formed
to help pay the mortgage and rental costs of the
families devastated by the terrorist attacks in NYC
and D.C. From the National Association of Realtors.
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JustGive
- cash or Yahoo! points may be be
donated
for conversion to relief funds. Assistance will go
to surviving families of fallen emergency workers,
WTC and Pentagon victims; and to families of
stricken airline passengers and employees.
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McCormick
Tribune Foundation Relief
Fund - in support
of the relief and recovery efforts. From the Los
Angles Times. Also: the Chicago
Tribune's appeal
for the same fund.
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New
York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund
- will help provide
financial relief to rescue workers and civilians or
their families.
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September
11th Victims Relief Fund
- non-profit entity established by Virginia
business leaders in order to assist the victims of
the tragedy.
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United
Methodist Committee on
Relief - assisting
in short-term and long-term recovery efforts.
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World
Vision - Christian
organization partnering with NYC area churches to
help families in need.
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American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals - includes
an online
donation form for
those who wish to help affected animals.
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National
Disaster and Search Dog
Foundation - appeal
for funds to buy booties for the search and rescue
dogs to help them walk in the glass and rubble.
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Possible
Fraud Schemes - special
report on solicitations of donations for victims of
terrorist attacks. From the U.S. Department of
Justice.
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Consumers
Warned to Beware of Online Disaster-Relief
Scams - tips on
how to make sure your donations are used as
intended. From Computerworld.
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Index:
Funds to Help Victims - from
the Washington Post.
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Index:
How to Help - from
Newsweek.
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