disaster relief and aid
the problem:
I live in a small town of Fernley, nv. Last January the canals broke causing a major flood around 3 a.m. although there were no deaths reported it was hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and over 2,000 people were out of their homes for months or lost their homes completely. the flood came up to my backyard lucky for my family and i. that day worked 14 hours at the evacuation center (fernley high school) giving donations, picking up donations, getting reports, offering support, organizing everyone, taking care of kids and animals, and anything else i could possibly do.
vital stats:
people impacted:
3,000people involved:
0why it's important:
that day we had to bring in donations, get people situated to eat and sleep, we had animal control out picking up animals.
the plan of action:
i did everything i could to help. to this day i still donate money and help to those that are still having trouble with last years flood
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Comments
it's so powerful when you can really see the difference that your action is taking. it's sad sometimes that it takes a natural disaster to pull a community together, but it's inspiring when they do reach out to help out their neighbors. great work and keep it up! even when the diaster seems to be out of sight and behind you after your community has recovered some, there are still plenty of ways that you can utitlize your passion for lending a helping hand!
This project sounds awesome. You should totally apply for one of our $500 Disaster Grants!
check them out at http://www.dosomething.org/grants/disaster