PLEASE DON’T SCROLL PAST THIS!
DONATE, REBLOG AND SPREAD THE WORD.Even if you can’t donate, just reblog this; everyone needs to reblog this. DON’T SCROLL PAST THIS, it will take you 5 seconds to reblog and no matter what your blog type is, this is so important.
Donate money online:
- The Red Cross has started an emergency appeal for help. To donate $5 by phone, text REDCROSS to 30333. Text FIRES to 45678 to donate $10. Both the federal and provincial governments will match donations to the Red Cross.
- The Wood Buffalo Food Bank is accepting donations through PayPal on its website.
- The Salvation Army is also collecting financial donations online.
Emergency shelter:
- Airbnb has activated its Disaster Response Tool to help provide free shelter until May 21. Residents in nearby areas can list their properties on the website.
- Those able to provide accommodations can also sign up on website YMMfire.ca.
Displaced pets:
- The Fort McMurray SPCA is working to reunite displaced residents with pets they were forced to leave behind. They are accepting donations to help efforts.
- The Edmonton Humane Society is preparing to accept animals left without owners, and provide temporary shelter to pets with owners who have left their homes.
Social media efforts:
- Facebook group Fort Mac Fire Donations is crowdsourcing donations for items such as toiletries, socks and pillows, as needed.
- On Twitter, people are offering help through hashtags such as #ymmfire and #ymmhelps
Thanks for posting this! Please spread the word, so many of these evacuees have been left with nothing.
I also heard that RedCross has received 12$ million to help the evacuees.
A provincial fire ban has been put in place as well, so please respect this and stay safe!Donations are up to $30 Million and it’s amazing! So many of my friends have lost their homes and I just was notified my older sister and her husband lost theirs.
Every little bit helps!this is my town! my family is fine, but there are thousands who arent so please help out !!
(via clockwork-mockingbird)
