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!
Please help if you can!