Our Friends at Salem Leadership Foundation just sent us this good information – Good ways to help right now!
CaN Partners,
Many of you have generously asked how you can best support victims of local wildfires, especially those individuals and families that have been displaced.
Right now there is a coordinated effort by the United Way of the MId-Willamette Valley to accept in-kind donations along with coordinating volunteers to help organize donated items and get them out to evacuees.
Here’s where we could definitely use support from you and your congregation:
- Collecting donated items from your congregation (tents, sleeping bags, pillows, air mattresses, bedding, blankets, masks, cleaning supplies, diapers, bottles, formula, hygiene supplies, water, pre-packaged food items, etc)
- Or directly having church members drop off donated items at 1705 Silverton Rd NE on Friday (9/11) from 8:00-11:00-am and 3:00-6:00pm, on Saturday (9/12) from 9:00-5:00pm, or Sunday (9/13) from 9:00-5:00pm.
- Volunteers willing to help can arrive at 1705 Silverton Rd NE on Friday (9/11) from 8:00-Noon to help organize and/or from 12:00-4:00pm for crowd management and help loading & unloading. Volunteers can also help out on Saturday (9/12) from 8:00-5:00pm or on Sunday (9/13) from 8:00-5:00pm. Volunteers can also sign up to volunteer on the United Way Mid-Willamette Valley website. United Way will be sharing this list with their community partners that might have volunteer opportunities as well. This will help sustain the level of supports throughout our community.
- Additional Donation Times will be sent out as soon as we can confirm them.
Thanks, again, for your heart to see God bringing comfort and healing to those in our community. Thanks also for your continued servant-leadership in our community to usher in God’s peace and hope.
Please let us know if you’ve got questions, concerns, or need more information. We’re hoping to have more information out to everyone in the coming day about additional ways to help out. – Salem Leadership Foundation