Finding Help after Tornadoes and Flooding

• Disaster Housing Grants Available. Click here for more information.
• Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management’s Individual Assistance/Human Services Program. Click here for details.
• Help after a disaster from the federal government. Click here for information.
• Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief provides hot meals, damage assessments and child care, among other services, to disaster victims.                                                                                      
  

How to Help
Accepting donations:

• VFW 1515 S. Rock Island in El Reno
• The Shepherd’s House 321 S. Choctaw Ave. in El Reno (Will likely stop receiving donations Sunday afternoon)
• Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief provides hot meals, damage assessments and child care, among other services, to disaster victims. It’s now working with communities affected by tornadoes and flooding across Oklahoma.
• City of El Reno Go Fund Me page to raise money for those effected by the El Reno tornado. Click here for details.
• American Red Cross you can donate directly to the Red Cross online, by phone (1-800-RED-CROSS) or texting REDCROSS to 90999 to give a $10 donation.
• Salvation Army you can donate online at SalvationArmyUSA.org or by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769). You can also text the word “STORM” to 80888 to make a $10 donation through your mobile phone.
• Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) you can help provide financial contributions to help purchase necessary items to help victims with their needs. Text “FOOD” to 32333 to donate $10.
• United Way of Central Oklahoma you can donate directly to a fund designated for Monday’s deadly tornado victims through the United Way of Central Oklahoma. Donations may be made online. Checks can also be sent to the United Way of Central Oklahoma, P.O. Box 837, Oklahoma City, OK , 73101. Please add “May Tornado Relief” in the notation on the check.

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