One of my favorite companies, Good Clean Love, is donating part of their sales this month to help Hurricane Harvey survivors:
Good Clean Love is doubling our monthly donation cycle to offer 20% of all our web sales for the months of August and September to help bring food, clothing and hope to those who have lost everything. We are also going to send hundreds of bottles of Balance Wash, and maybe some lube too.
I highly recommend their CaraGold lube with CBD oil in it. You can check out my review here.
Other ways you can help Houston survivors:
- Help Vikki recover from Harvey
- Molly over at And Then You’re At Jax is helping to organize relief for patients in the area
- Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies is working on helping disabled and chronically ill peeps in the area
- Austin Pets Alive is collecting donations to care for the many animals they’ve taken in, as are the Pet Leadership Council, Red Rover, Wings of Rescue, S.A.V.E. Rescue Coalition, and Rescue Pets Movement – many of these organizations are also looking for foster pet parents
- You can donate to the following food banks like the Houston Food Bank, Galveston County Food Bank, Coastal Bend Food Bank, and the Food Bank of the Golden Crescent
- The Trans Advocate has organized a relief fund for trans and GNC people
- The Montrose Center has an LGBTQ+ relief fund
- Undocumented families in the area need help, especially with the DACA repeal on the horizon
- Support black women with #SupportBlackWomenHOU
- Covenant House is working with homeless youth in the area
- You can help provide hygiene kits through Simply The Basics and baby diapers/wipes/other supplies through the Houston Diaper Bank
- JJ Watt has a non-profit and is working in the area
- GoFundMe’s Direct Impact Funds for Harvey
- Direct Relief
Florida (some overlap with above):
- Molly over at And Then You’re At Jax is helping to organize relief for patients in the area
- Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies is working on helping disabled and chronically ill peeps in the area
- GoFundMe’s Direct Impact Fund for Irma
- Direct Relief
- Best Friends Animal Society
- South Florida Wildlife Center
- Center for Disaster Philanthropy
- Pawsitivity Service Dogs
- Florida Hurricane Relief Fund
- Feeding Florida
Puerto Rico:
- Frems First Response Emergency Medical Services
- Amigos de los Animales
- Save A Sato
- Save A Gato
- ConPRmetidos
- United for Puerto Rico
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
- Help Rebuild Puerto Rico (Monica Puig)
- Puerto Rico por Puerto Rico
- Hurricane Maria Community Recovery Fund
- Hurricane Maria Rebuild Effort PR
- Concilio
- One America Appeal
- Global Giving
- International Medical Corps
- Americares
People often forget other countries hit by these hurricanes. Let’s not do that.
- General Caribbean
- Children of the Caribbean Foundation
- Oxfam
- Global Giving
- GoFundMe’s Direct Impact Funds for Irma and Harvey
- Direct Relief
- Caribbean Tourism Organization
- International Medical Corps
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Anguilla
- Dominica
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Virgin Islands
- British Virgin Islands Red Cross (British)
- Virgin Unite (British)
- 21 US Virgin Island Relief Fund (Tim Duncan, US)
- VI Strong (US)
- Virgin Islands Relief Fund (both)
- St. John Foundation (US)
- St. John Rescue (US)
- St. Croix Relief (US)
- Haiti
- Bahamas
- St. Martin
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Turks and Caicos
- Jamaica
What you want to do is focus on donating to local charities or those doing grassroots work. The American Red Cross, for instance, does not give the money they receive, either directly or through in-kind donations, to the actual people in need. They’ve even messed up so far for Harvey relief. Likewise, fundraisers on Facebook use a company called Network For Good – which can take months to give the money to the organizations. Other versions of the Red Cross are okay to donate to from what I’ve read.
Last updated Sept 27