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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I heard on the radio this morning that many people have been evacuated with no extra clothes. We have assembled two boxes of good adult and kids' clothes and want to donate it to people that might need it. But there seems to be complete lack of information about where and how to do it. Only cash donations are being accepted. Does anyone here know more?
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Originally Posted by rohara66
From what I've read so far nobody is really ready to take on item donations yet. And I read an article online yesterday and items (clothes, toys) aren't really what's needed now as items are difficult to transport, sort and distribute.
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This is the article in question, seems to be very well reasoned.
When helping hurts: Why you should never donate physical goods during a disaster
We have some family that was evacuated north and managed to get flown out by Shell from one of the camps. They were allowed 1 bag each on the plane.
At this point they have no idea when they'll even see their vehicle they drove to the camp again. It's just too early for anyone to distribute/accept physical items currently.