{"id":3696,"date":"2017-08-29T15:39:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T21:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2017-08-29T15:39:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T21:39:03","slug":"helping-texas-flood-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/helping-texas-flood-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Texas Flood Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have had many requests for suggestions of Houston and\/or disaster relief organizations who would make the best use of monetary donations.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a quilt drive, but for now we need to help by donating money for disaster relief.<\/p>\n<p>I have compiled a list of charity\/relief organizations based on referrals from our contacts in Houston, and highly rated organizations that are on the ground now. Please feel free to share this link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission of Love<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionoflove.org\/\">http:\/\/www.missionoflove.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is one of our 7 eQuilter charities and we have worked closely on many disaster relief projects over the years. We are coordinating a relief project now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referred by our NASA Engineers Without Borders \/Sodzo contacts in Houston:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interfaith Caring Ministries<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icmtx.org\/\">www.icmtx.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>League City, Texas\u00a0\u00a0 281-332-3881<\/p>\n<p><strong>I. Lewis Social Service Center,<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milewisctr.org\/\">www.milewisctr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dickinson, TX\u00a0 \u00a0(281) 534-2043<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Hands<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hands.org%2F&amp;h=ATNpC-cor8FKPO7wF7-JdXIBRUP-UOwOrRLsWByWpMPip1op93XEk-Dwo95379NDldBuawlPF2qDMG5cEJlTaH0eJV0YRAGMcBduAU7N5gCmpsccX-cYLdCo2FhWbFPkktPiGJLN\">https:\/\/www.hands.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highly Rated Organizations on the ground now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SamaritansPurse\/?fref=mentions\">Samaritan&#8217;s Purse<\/a>\u00a0 **** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/\">https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heart.to.heart.international\/?fref=mentions\">Heart to Heart International<\/a> **** <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearttoheart.org\/\">http:\/\/www.hearttoheart.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/texasdiaperbank\/?fref=mentions\">Texas Diaper Bank<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasdiaperbank.org\/\">http:\/\/www.texasdiaperbank.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitywatch.org\/ratings-and-metrics\/united-methodist-committee-on-relief\/437\">United Methodist Committee on Relief<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 **** \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcor.org\/\">http:\/\/www.umcor.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitywatch.org\/ratings-and-metrics\/catholic-relief-services\/398\">Catholic Relief Services<\/a>\u00a0 ****\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crs.org\/\">https:\/\/www.crs.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston Food Bank<\/strong> ****\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonfoodbank.org\/\">http:\/\/www.houstonfoodbank.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston SPCA<\/strong> ****\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonspca.org\/\">http:\/\/www.houstonspca.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SPCA of Texas<\/strong>\u00a0 ****\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.org\/\">https:\/\/www.spca.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Food Bank of Corpus Christi<\/strong>\u00a0 ***\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodbankcc.com\/\">http:\/\/www.foodbankcc.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Americares<\/strong>\u00a0 **** <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americares.org\/\">http:\/\/www.americares.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing our dedication to giving to those in need. 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